English Explanatory Dictionary

gan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To go.
verb
  1. simple past of gin
name
  1. One of the major varieties of Chinese, spoken in Jiangxi province.
name
  1. Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”).
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. A number of islands in the Maldives.
  2. An industrial island of Addu.
  3. An uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu.
  4. A residential island of Laamu.
noun
  1. gallium nitride.
noun
  1. Acronym of generative adversarial network.
  2. Initialism of Great American Novel.
  3. Acronym of giant axonal neuropathy.
  4. Initialism of good article nomination.

Pronunciation

/ɡæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gan.wav

Word forms

gan gans gawn gannin went gane gang

Etymology

Probably a variant of gang, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to step; walk; go”).

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