San

1
[ sahn ]

noun,plural Sans, (especially collectively) San for 1.
  1. a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.

  2. any of more than a dozen related Khoisan languages spoken by the San.

Other definitions for San (2 of 3)

San2
[ sahn ]

noun
  1. a river in central Europe, flowing from the Carpathian Mountains in W Ukraine through SE Poland into the Vistula: battles 1914–15. About 280 miles (450 km) long.

Other definitions for -san (3 of 3)

-san

  1. a suffix used in Japanese as a term of respect after names or titles: Suzuki-san; samurai-san.

Origin of -san

3
<Japanese, contraction of -sama suffix denoting direction, appearance, respect

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How to use San in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for san (1 of 3)

san

/ (sæn) /


noun
  1. old-fashioned, informal short for sanatorium

British Dictionary definitions for San (2 of 3)

San1

/ (sɑːn) /


noun
  1. an aboriginal people of southern Africa

  2. a group of the Khoisan languages, spoken mostly by Bushmen

British Dictionary definitions for San (3 of 3)

San2

/ (sɑːn) /


noun
  1. a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing northwest across SE Poland to the Vistula River. Length: about 450 km (280 miles)

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