San
noun
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
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1 American
[sahn]
/ sɑn /
noun
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Sans,
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San
plural
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a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
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any of more than a dozen related Khoisan languages spoken by the San.
San
2
American
[sahn]
/ sɑn /
noun
-san
3
American
San
1
British
/ sɑːn /
noun
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an aboriginal people of southern Africa
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a group of the Khoisan languages, spoken mostly by Bushmen
San
2
British
/ sɑːn /
noun
san
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British
/ sæn /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of -san
< Japanese, contraction of -sama suffix denoting direction, appearance, respect
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The artificial-intelligence company hosted public-market investors at its San Francisco office Wednesday for a marathon day of presentations ahead of its planned IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
While visiting his sister, he started to work with the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop in 1954.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The artificial-intelligence company hosted public-market investors at its San Francisco office on Wednesday ahead of its planned IPO next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“This kind of violence is unacceptable in San Francisco, and we devoted significant resources to holding the perpetrators of this incident accountable,” San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Following their capture at the Bay of Pigs, Pepe San Román, Erneido Oliva, and more than eleven hundred members of the invading brigade were sentenced to thirty years of hard labor.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Alcoa san k 7% after the aluminum producer’s first-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of analysts’ expectations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
Miyazaki san responded, “I am making this movie because I do not have the answer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
“Miyazaki san is a master of that stature.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
The pair, Sean Turnell, a former adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung san Suu Kyi and Vicky Bowman, were headed to Bangkok on an evening flight, the source said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2022
I will hear her voice always: San konno san itta.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
“I used Comic Sans for the first time in my 35-year career for the rest of the type. I felt that was some sort of weird pinnacle in itself,” Kennedy explains over email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
The destruction of water and sanitation facilities has led to "disastrous health consequences for the population", said Dr Natalie Roberts, executive director of Medecins Sans Frontieres UK.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
But Doctors Without Borders, known in French as Médecins Sans Frontières, confirmed that’s not the case.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said its clinic in Gaza City also came under fire on Monday.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023
He had a few dollars in his pocket from the last job and he had an uncle in San Francisco or one of the other California Sans.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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