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Juan

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See also: juan, juàn, juān, jüan, and juǎn

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Juan

  1. A male given name from Manx or Spanish, equivalent to English John.

See also

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish Juan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yokhanán).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Juan

  1. a male given name from Spanish
    • 1583, grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan (Tetzcoco):
      onquimitalhui yn anatzin quimolhuili yn iatzin jua migeltzin […] camo miactin niquipian nopilhua ca ça yehuatl y noxihuato
      Ana spoke and said to her older brother Juan Miguel […] "I don't have many children, only my little Juan"

References

  • James Lockhart, Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford University Press (1991), pages 70–71.
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Manx

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Juan m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John
    Cheayll mee voish Juan jiu.
    I heard from John today.
    Ta mee reih Juan erskyn Jamys.
    I choose John in preference to James.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Juan Boght
  • Juan Doo
  • Juan Gorree
  • Juan Gorrym
  • Juan Haink Noal
  • Juan Joarree
  • Juan Mooar
  • Juan shooyl
  • Juan y Phaiyl

Mutation

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
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Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Juan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [huˈwan]
  • Hyphenation: Ju‧an

Proper noun

Juan

  1. a male given name: Juan, John

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 519
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Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Johan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yokhanán, literally “Yahweh is gracious”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxwan/ [ˈxwãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: Juan

Proper noun

Juan m

  1. John (Biblical character)
    • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 1:9:
      Y aconteció en aquellos días, que Jesús vino de Nazaret de Galilea, y fué bautizado por Juan en el Jordán.
      And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
      (KJV)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English John or Sean
  3. John (book of the New Testament)

Derived terms

Diminutives
  • Iván (“Ian, Ivan, Evan”)
  • Juan el Bautista
  • Juana

Descendants

  • → Carolinian: Wan
  • → Classical Nahuatl: Juan
  • → Chinese: 胡安 (Hú'ān) (transliteration)
  • Don Juan → Chinese: 唐璜 (transliteration)
  • → English: Juan
  • → Murui Huitoto: Juan
  • → Tagalog: Juan, Suan
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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Juan. As a common noun, either above or as a shortening of Juan dela Cruz.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. (biblical) John
  2. (biblical) John (book of the New Testament)
  3. a male given name from Spanish
Alternative forms

Noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. Joe; everyman

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 范 (Hoān), spelling modeled after the above popular Filipino given name, Juan, using Philippine colonial Spanish orthography.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Hokkien
Alternative forms
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