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See also: can and Appendix:Variations of "can"

English

Proper noun

Can

  1. Alternative spelling of Can..
  2. A river in Essex, England, which joins the River Chelmer in Chelmsford; in full, the River Can.

Anagrams

French

Proper noun

Can f

  1. acronym of Coupe d'Afrique des nations; AFCON

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Cantonese 陳／陈 (Can4). Doublet of Chan.

Proper noun

Can

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 曾 (Chan). Doublet of Chan.

Proper noun

Can

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Occitan

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Proper noun

Can

  1. Caen (a city in Calvados department, France)

Turkish

Etymology 1

From can, from Ottoman Turkish جان, from Classical Persian جَان (jān, “soul, vital spirit, life”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Can (definite accusative Canı, plural Canlar)

  1. a male given name from Persian
Declension
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Etymology 2

From Adyghe джан (džan) ("great"). A given name that is common among Circassians in Turkey.

Pronunciation

Noun

Can (definite accusative Canı, plural Canlar)

  1. a male given name from Circassian.
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