English Explanatory Dictionary

tian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
  2. A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. Synonym of Heaven: simultaneously conceived as the Heavens, Nature, and an anthropomorphic supreme God.

Word forms

tian tians Tien T'ien

Etymology

From French, from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Synonyms

Heaven
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