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Juan

American  
[wahn, hwahn] / wɑn, ʰwɑn /

noun

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


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Ceuta's Mayor Juan Jesus Vivas told lawmakers in the European Parliament earlier this month that the migrants had turned Ceuta into a "pressure cooker".

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

When I was done in Studio City, I drove across town to meet with construction worker and pastor Juan Galicia, whose house was torched in March when fire jumped from an adjacent abandoned property.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Like my colleague, former Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez, I never trusted then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman when she proclaimed the air in lower Manhattan was “safe to breathe.”

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement, adding that it will investigate.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Juan panted as they dashed down a greasy alleyway and stopped to catch their breath.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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