name
Meaning 1
A male given name from Hebrew.
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Standard Lemma guide
dan
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name
Meaning 2
A diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
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name
Meaning 3
A diminutive of the female given name Danielle.
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
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name
Meaning 5
The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid).
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Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
Meaning 6
One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
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name
Meaning 7
A former city occupied by this tribe.
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name
Meaning 8
A Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia.
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name
Meaning 9
The language of this people, belonging to the Southern Mande branch.
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name
Meaning 10
Acronym of Divers Alert Network.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, underwater-diving
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noun
Meaning 11
A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 12
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
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Topics: business, mining
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noun
Meaning 13
A rank of black belt in martial arts.
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Narrower terms: shodan
noun
Meaning 14
Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
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Narrower terms: shodan
noun
Meaning 15
Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
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Qualifier: units of measurement
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noun
Meaning 16
A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
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noun
Meaning 17
A dan buoy.
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noun
Meaning 18
Alternative form of dan (title of honour).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 19
Acronym of deadenylating nuclease, a protein that binds the 5' cap of mRNA and begins degradation in the 3' to 5' direction.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 20
Acronym of Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover at Mars.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: NASA, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science
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prep
Meaning 21
Pronunciation spelling of than.
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Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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History
Etymology
From Hebrew דָּן (Dan).
From Middle English dan, daun, dam (“lord”), from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.
Uncertain.
From Japanese 段 (dan).
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 担 (dàn) and Chinese 石 (dàn).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: Dan — fifth son of Jacob
- Dutch: Dan — fifth son of Jacob
- Finnish: Dan — fifth son of Jacob
- Hebrew: דָּן (dan) — fifth son of Jacob
- Hindi: दान (dān) — fifth son of Jacob
- Irish: Dán — fifth son of Jacob
- Kazakh: Дан — fifth son of Jacob
- Norwegian: Dan — fifth son of Jacob
- Portuguese: Dã — fifth son of Jacob
- Russian: Дан — fifth son of Jacob
- Spanish: Dan — fifth son of Jacob
- Swedish: Dan — fifth son of Jacob
- Dutch: Dan — one of the Israelite tribes
- Hebrew: דָּן (dan) — one of the Israelite tribes
- Hindi: दान (dān) — one of the Israelite tribes
- Irish: Dán — one of the Israelite tribes
- Portuguese: Dã — one of the Israelite tribes
- Chinese Mandarin: 丹 (Dān) — male given name
- Danish: Dan — male given name
- Dutch: Dan — male given name
- Hebrew: דָּן (dan) — male given name
- Hindi: डैन (ḍain) — male given name
- Japanese: ダン — male given name
- Norwegian: Dan — male given name
- Swedish: Dan — male given name