What does WAN mean?

Definitions for WAN
wɒnwan

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word WAN.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. wide area network, WANadjective

    a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network

  2. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

    (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

    "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

  3. pale, pallid, wanadjective

    abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

    "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"

  4. wanverb

    lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness

    "a wan smile"

  5. wanverb

    become pale and sickly

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wanadjective

    Pale, as with sickness; languid of look.

    Etymology: wann , Saxon; gwan, weakly, Welsh.

    Sad to view his visage pale and wane,
    Who erst in flowers of freshest youth was clad. Fa. Queen.

    All the charms of love,
    Salt Cleopatra, soften thy wan lip!
    Let witchcraft join with beauty. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
    Pr’ythee, why so pale?
    Will, when looking well can’t move her,
    Looking ill prevail? John Suckling.

    Their course through thickest constellations held,
    Spreading their bane; the blasted stars look’d wan. John Milton.

    How chang’d from him,
    Companion of my arms! how wan! how dim!
    How faded all thy glories! Dryden.

  2. Wanthe old pret. of win.

    for won;

    And those with which th’ Eubean young man wan
    Swift Atalanta, when through craft he her outran. Edmund Spenser.

    He wan the king with secrecy and diligence; but chiefly because he was his old servant in his less fortunes. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPT

  1. wan

    Wan is an adjective primarily used to describe someone who looks sick, weak, pale, or unwell. It can also describe light, color, or appearance that is weak or pale. The term is additionally used in technology referring to Wide Area Network, a network that covers a large geographical area.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wan

    won

  2. Wanadjective

    having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid

  3. Wannoun

    the quality of being wan; wanness

  4. Wanverb

    to grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks

  5. Wan

    of Win

  6. Etymology: [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Wan

    won, adj. faint: wanting colour: pale and sickly: languid: gloomy, dark.—v.i. to become wan.—adv. Wan′ly.—n. Wan′ness.—adj. Wan′nish, somewhat wan. [A.S. wann, dark, lurid; but perh. conn, with A.S. wan, deficient.]

  2. Wan

    wan, old pa.t. of win.

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  1. WAN

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wan is ranked #5911 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wan surname appeared 5,831 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Wan.

    89.9% or 5,246 total occurrences were Asian.
    4% or 238 total occurrences were White.
    2.7% or 162 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.8% or 107 total occurrences were Black.
    1.2% or 72 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.1% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Anagrams for WAN »

  1. awn

  2. NWA

  3. naw

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of WAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of WAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of WAN in a Sentence

  1. Amanda Kloots:

    I'm really blown away guys... I wan na thank anyone that has given anything that they can, it's just overwhelming, I really thank you so much.

  2. Michelle Ng:

    I struggle to nominate a favorite restaurant in Hong Kong as there are too many I truly enjoy going to, but one place that I have a real soft spot for is Yu Chuan in Wan Chai, the quality and execution of the food is excellent and the cost is wallet-friendly.

  3. Trevor Reed in a CNN:

    And a lot of people are not going to like what I'm gon na say about this, but I kind of viewed their -- having hope as being a weakness, so I did not wan na have that hope of, like, me, you know, being released somehow and then have that taken from me.

  4. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy:

    I have been hearing kids saying things like' I don't wan na go to school and get coronavirus,'.

  5. Kawhi Leonard:

    It means a lot to me. Words can't even explain, i wan na thank Kobe for everything he's done for me. All the long talks and workouts, this one is for him.

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