ivan
[ee-vahn]
- iwan.
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Ivan
[ahy-vuh n; Russian ee-vahn]
- a male given name, Russian form of John.
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Ivan III
- Ivan the Great, 1440–1505, grand duke of Muscovy 1462–1505.
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Ivan IV
- Ivan the Terrible, 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
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Contemporary Examples
Draft Day, his Ivan Reitman-directed film about the NFL draft, grossed just $28 million at the domestic box office.
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Ivan Raimi and Scott Spiegel, who were collaborators with Sam, lived there.
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September 3, 2014
“Every dollar I spend is a vote,” said Ivan Pardo, the founder of Buycott.
Ivan opened the door for a lot of people to get back into it and I think we'll see if they stay with it.
Historical Examples
Presently Ivan mounted on to the haystack and began to play.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk TalesAnonymous
Ivan sat down on the ground near to the threshold and began to play.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk TalesAnonymous
At last he could endure it no longer, and bawled to Ivan to stop.
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This Ivan is in our hands; let us send him to see why it is the sun grows so red when he sets.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk TalesAnonymous
So he took the hundred karbovantsya out of his satchel and gave them to Ivan.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk TalesAnonymous
Ivan III
- known as Ivan the Great. 1440–1505, grand duke of Muscovy (1462–1505). He expanded Muscovy, defeated the Tatars (1480), and assumed the title of Ruler of all Russia (1472)
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Ivan IV
- known as Ivan the Terrible. 1530–84, grand duke of Muscovy (1533–47) and first tsar of Russia (1547–84). He conquered Kazan (1552), Astrakhan (1556), and Siberia (1581), but was defeated by Poland in the Livonian War (1558–82) after which his rule became increasingly oppressive
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Word Origin and History for ivan
Ivan
masc. proper name, from Russian, literally "John," from Greek Ioannes "John." As the personification of Russia, or the typical name for a Russian man (originally a Russian soldier), attested from 1870.
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