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One of the major varieties of Chinese, spoken in Jiangxi province.
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Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
A surname.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of islands in the Maldives.
An industrial island of Addu.
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name
A number of islands in the Maldives.
An uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu.
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name
A number of islands in the Maldives.
A residential island of Laamu.
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noun
gallium nitride.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Acronym of generative adversarial network.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: machine learning
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noun
Initialism of Great American Novel.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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noun
Acronym of giant axonal neuropathy.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of good article nomination.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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verb
To go.
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Usage: North, Northumbria, Yorkshire
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verb
simple past of gin
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Usage: archaic, form-of, past
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History
From Mandarin 贛/赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).
Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏/颜 (Gân), etc.
Borrowed from Dhivehi ގަން (gan̊).
Probably a variant of gang, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to step; walk; go”).
Across languages
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