Van

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

English

Van, West Virginia

Van Village, Powys

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophone: van

Etymology 1

• In the United States, usually taken from a first name or surname.
• In Wales, from Y Fan, see Welsh fan.

Proper noun

Van

1. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
   3. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
   4. A city in Van Zandt County, Texas.
   5. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
   6. A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia.
2. A place in Wales:
   1. A community and suburb of Caerphilly in Caerphilly borough (OS grid ref ST1686).
   2. A hamlet in Llanidloes Without community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9587).

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Proper noun

Van

1. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
2. 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.

Etymology 3

Akhtamar Island on Lake Van, with the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, a 10th century Armenian church and monastic complex

From Turkish Van, from Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).

Proper noun

Van

1. 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.
3. A province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority.
5. A city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake.

Translations

lake

• Arabic: بُحَيْرَة وَان f (buḥayrat wān), بُحَيْرَة الطِرِّيخ f (buḥayrat aṭ-ṭirrīḵ), بُحَيْرَة أَرْجِيش f (buhayrat ʔarjīš)
• Armenian: Վանա լիճ (Vana lič), Վան (Van)
• Danish: Vansøen
• Finnish: Vanjärvi
• German: Van (de) m
• Latin: Arsene f
• Russian: Ван (ru) m (Van)
• Serbo-Croatian: Van (sh) m
• Swedish: Vansjön
• Turkish: Van Gölü
• Uyghur: ۋان كۆلى (wan köli)

city

• Arabic: وَان (wān)
• Armenian: Վան (Van)

  Old Armenian: Վան (Van)

• Danish: Van
• Finnish: Van
• German: Van (de)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: وان (ckb) (wan)

  Northern Kurdish: Wan (ku)

• Persian: وان (fa) (vân)

  Middle Persian: [script needed] (wn /⁠wan⁠/)

• Russian: Ван (ru) m (Van)
• Serbo-Croatian: jezero Van n
• Turkish: Van (tr)
• Uyghur: ۋان (wan)

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of Vancouver.

Alternative forms

• Van., VAN

Proper noun

Van

1. Abbreviation of Vancouver.

Related terms

• East Van
• North Van
• South Van
• West Van

Etymology 5

Backformed from Van cat and Turkish Van.

Noun

Van (plural Vans)

1. A Van cat.
2. A Turkish Van cat.

Anagrams

• AVN, NAV, NVA, nav

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English van.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væn/, /vɛn/, /vɛːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Van m (strong, genitive Vans, plural Vans)

1. van

Declension

Declension of Van [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Van	die	Vans
genitive	eines	des	Vans	der	Vans
dative	einem	dem	Van	den	Vans
accusative	einen	den	Van	die	Vans

Further reading

• “Van” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Turkish

Van ili

Van'ın ilçeleri

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Van

1. Van (a province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority)
2. Van (a city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake)

Declension

Declension of Van

	singular	plural
nominative	Van	Vanlar
accusative	Van'ı	Vanları
dative	Van'a	Vanlara
locative	Van'da	Vanlarda
ablative	Van'dan	Vanlardan
genitive	Van'ın	Vanların

Possessive forms of Van

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Van'ım	Vanlarım
senin (your)	Van'ın	Vanların
onun (his/her/its)	Van'ı	Vanları
bizim (our)	Van'ımız	Vanlarımız
sizin (your)	Van'ınız	Vanlarınız
onların (their)	Van'ı Vanları	Vanları

Derived terms

• Vanlı

See also

provinces of Turkeyedit

• 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