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San has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

"The travel brochure listed several attractions for our upcoming trip to Durban, San, and Cape Town."

2

A sanatorium.

3

Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.

4

Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin.

5

Abbreviation of South African.

In plain English: San is an old-fashioned word for a person who has no money and cannot pay their debts.

"The sanitation workers arrived early to clean up the street after the storm."

Usage: This term is strictly academic or historical in register; avoid using it outside of discussions regarding ancient inscriptions or paleography. You will rarely encounter it in modern conversation compared to the more familiar Greek letters like alpha or beta.

Proper Noun
1

A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.

"After crossing into eastern Europe, our journey took us along the San River before it joined the Vistula near Kraków."

Example Sentences
"The sanitation workers arrived early to clean up the street after the storm." noun
"San Francisco is a popular tourist destination on the West Coast." noun
"The sanatorium was built to help patients recover from tuberculosis." noun
"In old Spanish architecture, the term san often refers to a specific type of building or room." noun
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Origin

The word "san" comes from the Ancient Greek term σάν, which itself was borrowed from a Semitic language. It entered English through this Greek intermediary rather than directly from its original source.

Rhyming Words
osan isan tsan esan ehsan ulsan elsan mosan assan risan pisan nisan busan besan dusan gusan kusan pusan hasan dasan
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