English Explanatory Dictionary

cann

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of can (“container”).
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721).

Word forms

cann canns

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

Derived words

Cann River
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