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[Appendix:Variations of "dan"]
** English
*** Etymology 1
Traditionally held to be derived from [en], although recent scholars instead
link the name to _[Denyen#Tribe_of_Dan]_, the Sea Peoples.
**** Pronunciation
- [dăn] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Proper noun
[s]
1. [en] [en] The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel 's handmaid).
2. [en] , derived from the son of Jacob.
3. [en] _& nickname_ , derived from the prophet Daniel .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1988 | author=Richard H. Palmer | title=The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America
|passage="Directoritis strikes again!" bemoans DAN Sullivan, who believes that
the director of Wallace Shawn's _Aunt DAN and Lemon_ replaces the characters'
intellectual and verbal energy with "transparent rationalizations for the
personal hang-ups of the characters [...]}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
3. [en] .
4. One of the Israelite tribe s, descended from Dan.
5. A 吴语: Dan (biblical city) occupied by the tribe
6.. The Dan River, the principal tributary of the Jordan , named for the city
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |Danish |Danite |Dann |Danny |Dapper Dan }}
***** Related terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[fifth son of Jacob]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Irish: [ga]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[one of the Israelite tribes]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Irish: [ga]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[male given name]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [Dan (Bible)]
*** Etymology 2
[Dan River (China)] [Dan Jiang] From the [en] romanization of the [en].
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [dän] [1]
**** Proper noun
[en-prop]
1. [en] .
2. * {{ quote-web
|en |date=2021-06-23 |title=Press conference on 'Shaanxi: Carrying forward
Yan'an spirit, endeavoring to write new chapter of accelerated growth in new
era'
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610095025/http://english.scio.gov.cn/m/pressroom/2021-06/23/content_77580953_8.htm
|archivedate=10 June 2022 |work=w:State Council Information Office
|url2=https://archive.ph/4PlLs |text=Third, intensifying supervision over
water sources for the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion
Project, of which approximately 70% of the water comes from the Han River and
the DAN River. We have launched specialized campaigns in the two rivers and
improved comprehensive management of the basin. A ten-year fishing ban on the
Yangtze River has been enforced, which effectively ensured the water quality
of the Han River and the DAN River. We will further step up efforts to ensure
clear water for the North.}}
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
***** Translations
[river]
- Chinese:
- Japanese: [ja]
[trans-bottom]
**** References
References:
[1]. [en]
**** Further reading
- [en]
*** Etymology 3
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] .
*** Etymology 4
[en]
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
**** Proper noun
[en-proper noun]
1. A Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia .
2. The language of this people, belonging to the Southern Mande branch.
*** Etymology 5
The name is first recorded in 1728.
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
**** Proper noun
[en-prop]
1. A river which flows 214 miles through the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia.
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1984 | author=Dr. Hoffman | title= [ Testimony before the United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Subcommittee on Water Resources ] To Prohibit the Secretary of the Army from Issuing Certain Permits in Connection with a Proposed Water Pipeline Project Until an Environmental Impact Statement for that Project Has Been Completed: [Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4317 ...] February 8, 1984 | page=249
|text=We in the Upper DAN watershed feel particularly vulnerable. Just to
give you an idea of the stakes involved, if sufficient water is
appropriated[nb...]}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Albanian
*** Etymology
Dimunitve of [sq], [sq] and [sq]. From [sq] (from [sq], from [sq]).
*** Pronunciation
- [sq]
*** Proper noun
[m]
1. [sq] [sq]
2. [sq] [sq]
**** Declension
[ë]
**** Related terms
- [sq] , [sq] , [sq]
** Breton
*** Noun
[m]
1. Dane
**** Derived terms
- [br]
*** Mutation
{{br-noun-mutation |D|an |aned}}
** Czech
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
- [cs]
*** Etymology 1
**** Proper noun
[m-an]
1. [cs] [cs] , short form of [cs]
***** Declension
[m.an]
***** Related terms
[cs]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Proper noun
[cs]
1. [cs]
*** Anagrams
- [cs]
** Danish
*** Proper noun
[da-proper noun]
1. [da] [en] .
2.. [da] derived from [da]
** Faroese
*** Proper noun
[fo]
1. [fo]
**** Usage notes
[m]
**** Declension
[Dan]
** Finnish
*** Etymology
From [fi].
*** Pronunciation
[fi-p]
*** Proper noun
[fi-proper noun]
1. [fi] Dan .
**** Declension
[Dan]
*** Anagrams
- [fi]
** Icelandic
*** Proper noun
[@@]
1. [is]
**** Declension
[m.dat-]
** Japanese
*** Romanization
[ja-romaji]
1. [だん]
** Lower Sorbian
*** Etymology
From [dsb], from [dsb].
*** Pronunciation
- [dsb]
*** Noun
[f=Danowka]
1. Dane [person from Denmark or of Danish descent]
**** Declension
[Dan]
*** Further reading
- [R:dsb:Starosta]
[dsb]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
[lang=nn]
*** Etymology
As a biblical character from [nn]. The given name comes from [nn], from
[non], but also from the biblical name.
*** Proper noun
[m]
1. [nn] [en]
2. [nn]
3. [nn]
**** Related terms
- [nn] , [nn]
*** References
- [Dan]
** Spanish
*** Pronunciation
[es-pr]
*** Proper noun
[m]
1. [en] [Biblical character and tribe]
2. * 1602 — _La Santa Biblia_ (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., _Génesis 35:22b-26_
3. *: [es]
[es]
** Swedish
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Etymology 1
From [sv].
**** Proper noun
[sv]
1. [sv]
*** Etymology 2
From [sv], from [sv], from [sv], name borne from the prophet whose story is
told in the Book of Daniel.
**** Proper noun
[sv]
1. [sv] [en]
2. [sv]
3. [sv]
*** Anagrams
- [sv]