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Vinony

Jan

proper noun

  1. unisex given name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /jɑːn/ / /jæn/

name

Etymology: From various European languages, ultimately from Latin Johannes.

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English John.

    “Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic جَنّ (jann)bor. English jan Borrowed from Arabic جَنّ (jann).

  1. Obsolete form of jinn.

    “He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.”