Standard Lemma guide

Susan

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsuː.zən/
  • /ˈsuː.zɪn/
  • archaic: /ˈsjuː-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːzən
  • CMU ARPABET: S UW1 Z AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Susa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A female given name from Hebrew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

Acronym of Smallest Univalue Segment Assimilating Nucleus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A person from the ancient city of Susa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Susa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Susan From Susa + -an.

English form of the biblical Susanna, from Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”), ultimately from Egyptian z:S:n-M9 (zšn).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Syzana — female given name
  • Arabic: سْوْزَان (swzān) — female given name
  • Armenian: Շուշան (Šušan) — female given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇珊 /苏珊 (Sūshān) — female given name
  • Czech: Zuzana — female given name
  • Danish: Susanne — female given name
  • Esperanto: Susana — female given name
  • Faroese: Súsanna — female given name
  • Finnish: Susanna — female given name
  • French: Suzanne — female given name
  • German: Susanne — female given name
  • Greek: Σουζάνα (Souzána) — female given name
  • Greek: Σουσάννα (Sousánna) — female given name
  • Greek: Σούζαν (Soúzan) — female given name
  • Greenlandic: Suusaat — female given name
  • Hawaiian: Kukana — female given name
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshána) — female given name
  • Hungarian: Zsuzsanna — female given name
  • Hungarian: Zsuzsa — female given name
  • Icelandic: Súsanna — female given name
  • Ingrian: Susana — female given name
  • Inuktitut: ᓲᓴᓐ (soosan) — female given name
  • Italian: Susanna — female given name
  • Japanese: スーザン (Sūzan) — female given name
  • Korean: 수잔 (Sujan) — female given name
  • Latvian: Zuzanna — female given name
  • Lithuanian: Suzana — female given name
  • Macedonian: Су́зана (Súzana) — female given name
  • Macedonian: Суза́на (Suzána) — female given name
  • Māori: Hūhana — female given name
  • Norwegian: Susanne — female given name
  • Occitan: Susana — female given name
  • Persian: سوزان (suzân) — female given name
  • Polish: Zuzanna — female given name
  • Portuguese: Susana — female given name
  • Russian: Суса́нна (Susánna) — female given name
  • Russian: Сюза́нна (Sjuzánna) — female given name
  • Russian: Сью́зан (Sʹjúzan) — female given name
  • Northern Sami: Susánná — female given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сузана — female given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Suzana — female given name
  • Slovak: Zuzana — female given name
  • Spanish: Susana — female given name
  • Swedish: Susanna — female given name
  • Turkish: Suzan — female given name
  • Welsh: Siwsan — female given name
Real reading context

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