English Explanatory Dictionary

san

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.
noun
  1. A sanatorium.
noun
  1. Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
name
  1. Any of the languages spoken by these people.
name
  1. A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
noun
  1. Acronym of storage area network.
  2. Acronym of system area network.
  3. Acronym of Subject Alternative Name.
  4. Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin.
  5. Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer or sytrene acrylonitrile copolymer.
  6. Acronym of sinoatrial node.
name
  1. Initialism of Straight Arrow News.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of South African.

Pronunciation

/ˈsæn/ [ˈsæn] /ˈseə̯n/ [ˈseə̯n] ~ /ˈsɛə̯n/ [ˈsɛə̯n] En-us-san.ogg

Word forms

san sans Saan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάν (sán), from a Semitic language.

Synonyms

Bushmen

Related words

sigma eco-san san ts'ai san fairy ann

Derived words

tsan
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