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Jan

¹ American

[jan, yahn] / dʒæn, yɑn /

noun

a male given name, form of John.
a female given name, form of Janet.

Jan. ² American

abbreviation

January.

Jan British

abbreviation

January

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During Jan Palmer's stay in Bristol she said, after hearing a lot of noise from the hotel's landing, her door was opened abruptly and someone walked in.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“It turns out you’re only a drone flight away from a major hot spot,” said Jan Freitag, national director of hospitality analytics at CoStar, a real-estate data firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Guest: Adam Kinzinger, former Republican Congressman for Illinois’s 11th and 16th districts, Jan 6 Committee member, former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Jan Hedner, senior professor of pulmonary medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, has played a leading role in the study.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

The new man’s name was Jan van Veen and with him came his young sister and nurse, Tine van Veen.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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