Van
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Shortening.
Proper noun
[edit]Van
- A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor:
- 'Beautiful idea,' said Van as he helped Ada to heat the tank, fill the old battered bath and warm a couple of towels.
- A city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States.
Etymology 2
[edit]Shortening.
Proper noun
[edit]Van
- A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
Etymology 3
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Le_lac_de_Van_vu_de_l%27%C3%AFle_d%27Adhamar.jpg/250px-Le_lac_de_Van_vu_de_l%27%C3%AFle_d%27Adhamar.jpg)
From Turkish Van, from Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).
Proper noun
[edit]Van
- A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
- Van (a city on the shore of that lake, the capital of Van province, Turkey).
- Van (a province of Turkey).
Translations
[edit]lake
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city
Etymology 4
[edit]Abbreviation of Vancouver.
Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Van
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 5
[edit]Backformed from Van cat and Turkish Van.
Noun
[edit]Van (plural Vans)
- A Van cat.
- A Turkish Van cat.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Van m (strong, genitive Vans, plural Vans)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Van [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Van” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Turkish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Locator_map-Van_Province.png/220px-Locator_map-Van_Province.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Van_districts.png/220px-Van_districts.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Van
Declension
[edit] declension of Van
possessive of Van
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Van'ım | Vanlarım / Van'larım |
senin (your) | Van'ın | Vanların / Van'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Van'ı | Vanları / Van'ları |
bizim (our) | Van'ımız | Vanlarımız / Van'larımız |
sizin (your) | Van'ınız | Vanlarınız / Van'larınız |
onların (their) | Van'ı / Vanları / Van'ları | Vanları / Van'ları |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (provinces of Turkey) Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak (Category: tr:Provinces of Turkey)
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