Stan

See also: stan, śtan, stán, ştan, -stan, stan', and -стан

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Clipping of Stanley.

Proper noun

Stan (countable and uncountable, plural Stans)

1. A municipality in southeast Slovenia.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Stanley.
   • 2010, Kate Atkinson, Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie), Random House, →ISBN, page 307:

     Stan Jessop taught at a different school now but lived in the same small 1930s semi-detached as he had done ten years ago. Stan made him sound like an old allotment guy but he was only thirty-six.

3. A diminutive of the male given name Stanislav.
4. A surname from Romanian.

Noun

Stan (plural Stans)

1. Alternative form of stan (a type of superfan)

Etymology 2

From +‎ -stan.

Noun

Stan (plural Stans)

1. Alternative letter-case form of stan.

Anagrams

• ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans