Magadan

See also: Magadán

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian Магада́н (Magadán).

Proper noun

Magadan

1. An oblast in far eastern Russia.
2. A port city, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, on the Sea of Okhotsk.

Translations

city in Siberia

• Arabic: مَاغَادَان m (maḡadān)
• Armenian: Մագադան (Magadan)
• Belarusian: Магада́н m (Mahadán)
• Bulgarian: Магада́н m (Magadán)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬加丹／马加丹 (zh) (Mǎjiādān)

• Danish: Magadan
• Georgian: მაგადანი (magadani)
• Greek: Μαγκαντάν (el) (Magkantán)
• Hebrew: מגדן (Magadan)
• Hindi: मागादान (māgādān)
• Japanese: マガダン (Magadan)
• Korean: 마가단 (Magadan)
• Macedonian: Магада́н m (Magadán)
• Persian: ماگادان (mâgâdân)
• Portuguese: Magadan f
• Russian: Магада́н (ru) m (Magadán)
• Serbo-Croatian: Магадан m, Magadan m
• Spanish: Magadán m
• Ukrainian: Магада́н m (Mahadán)

See also

• Kolyma (Колыма́ (Kolymá))

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Magadán. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

Proper noun

Magadan (plural Magadans)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Magadan is the 31629^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 731 individuals. Magadan is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Magadan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 488.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Magadan f

1. Magadan (an oblast of Russia)
2. Magadan (a city, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia)