name
Meaning 1
A county of Ireland.
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Standard Lemma guide
cavan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.vən/
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CMU ARPABET: K EY1 V AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The county town of County Cavan, Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4104).
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name
Meaning 3
A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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name
Meaning 4
A northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
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name
Meaning 5
A commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.
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name
Meaning 6
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 7
A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
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Usage: Manila, Philippines, historical
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noun
Meaning 8
A unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan.
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noun
Meaning 9
A sackful equivalent to 50 kilograms.
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Usage: Philippines, dated
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish an Cabhán.
Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caomháin (“descendant of Caomhán”), a diminutive form of the personal name Caomh. * Borrowed from Cebuano Cavan, a surname of unexplained origin.
From Spanish caván, from Tagalog kaban as "Manila cavan", via Cebuano as the "provincial cavan".
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: Cavan — county in the Republic of Ireland
- German: Cavan — county in the Republic of Ireland
- Irish: An Cabhán — county in the Republic of Ireland
- Irish: Contae an Chabháin — county in the Republic of Ireland
- Macedonian: Каван (Kavan) — county in the Republic of Ireland
- Russian: Ка́ван (Kávan) — county in the Republic of Ireland
- Galician: Cavan — county town of County Cavan
- German: Cavan — county town of County Cavan
- Irish: An Cabhán — county town of County Cavan
- Macedonian: Каван (Kavan) — county town of County Cavan
- Russian: Ка́ван (Kávan) — county town of County Cavan