name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
guan
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/ɡwɑn/
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rhymes with -ɑn
noun
Meaning 2
Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.
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noun
Meaning 3
any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
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Broader terms: gallinaceous bird, gallinacean
Narrower terms: piping guan
History
Etymology
From any of four Chinese surnames: 關/关 (guān), 官 (guān), 管 (guǎn), or 灌 (guàn).
From American Spanish, from Kuna kwama.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chamicuro: koc̈hoyi — several birds within the family Cracidae
- Dutch: goean — several birds within the family Cracidae
- Finnish: saku — several birds within the family Cracidae
- Portuguese: jacu — several birds within the family Cracidae
- Swedish: guan — several birds within the family Cracidae