Ian

¹

[ee-uhn, ee-ahn, ahy-uhn]

noun

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

-ian

²

1. a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an, though -ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian .

-ian

suffix

1. a variant of -an

   Etonian

   Johnsonian

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ian¹

Extracted from Latin loanwords in which -ānus (adjective suffix) is joined to stems ending in i; -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ian¹

from Latin -iānus

Example Sentences

Former City Ground favourites Ian Woan and Steve Stone have also been long-term members of Dyche's coaching staff during his managerial spells at Burnley and Everton.

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Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in jail, prison sources have confirmed.

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The Queen also revealed that the Vesper Martini, which was invented by author Ian Fleming as James Bond's drink of choice, was a favourite tipple of the "much missed" Dame Jilly.

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Speaking to reporters, Sir Ian said he had read her novel Rivals and "loved it".

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“Skateboarding is accessible in that you can do it, but it’s very inaccessible to do it because it’s so hard,” says Ian Michna, founder of the skate magazine Jenkem.

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