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Juan

American  
[wahn, hwahn] / wɑn, ʰwɑn /

noun

  1. a male given name, Spanish form of John.


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Pubill was one of three Atletico players booked in the first leg, when he stopped the ball with his hand after goalkeeper Juan Musso had appeared to restart play with a goal-kick.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Manley and her colleague Juan Landoni, a postdoctoral fellow at the LEB, have now identified the mechanism responsible.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

"We want legal certainty, we want clear definitions," Michael Meding, director of the Los Azules copper mining project in San Juan, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

A woman who just gave her name as Susana joins Juan Marín, 73, on the dance floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

“Trouble!” my uncle Juan whispered hoarsely, but his voice carried and I could hear, “trouble in town! Tenorio’s daughter, the one who has been sick and wasting away, death has come for her!”

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya