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 Definitions of clan  [æn]  

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Definition of 'clan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) clan
a group of families or households among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor.

2.  clan
a group of people of common descent; family:
Our whole clan gathers for Thanksgiving.

3.  clan
a clique, party, or other group united by some common interest.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME (Scots) < ScotGael clann, OIr cland offspring < L planta scion, plant)

Definition of 'clan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
group of people related by blood or marriage


Definition of 'clan' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) clan
a tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald

2. (noun) clan
a clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously


Definitions of 'clan' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  clan
a tribe of blood relations descended from a common ancestor, ranged under a chief in direct descent from him, and having a common surname, as in the Highlands of Scotland; at bottom a military organisation for defensive and predatory purposes.


Translation of 'clan' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a tribe or group of families (especially Scottish) under a single chief, usually all having one surname.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stam Arabic flag Arabic: عَشيرَه، قَبيلَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: клан
Brazilian flag Brazilian: clã Czech flag Czech: klan, rod German flag German: die Sippe
Danish flag Danish: klan Greek flag Greek: φάρα, φατρία Spanish flag Spanish: clan
Estonian flag Estonian: klann Farsi flag Farsi: خاندان؛ طایفه Finnish flag Finnish: klaani
French flag French: clan Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁבֶט Hindi flag Hindi: जाति
Croatian flag Croatian: klan, rod Hungarian flag Hungarian: klán Indonesian flag Indonesian: klan, marga
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ættflokkasamtök Italian flag Italian: clan Japanese flag Japanese: 一族
Korean flag Korean: 씨족 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: klanas Latvian flag Latvian: klans;ģints
Malay flag Malay: suku kaum Dutch flag Dutch: clan Norwegian flag Norwegian: klan,ætt, stamme
Polish flag Polish: klan Persian flag Persian: خاندان؛ طایفه Pashto flag Pashto: خاندان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: clA Romanian flag Romanian: clan Russian flag Russian: клан; род
Slovak flag Slovak: klan Slovenian flag Slovenian: pleme, rodbina Serbian flag Serbian: klan
Swedish flag Swedish: klan Thai flag Thai: เผ่า; ตระกูล Turkish flag Turkish: kabile, klan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 蘇格蘭高地人的氏族,部族 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: клан, рід Urdu flag Urdu: قبیلہ ، نسل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thị tộc Chinese flag Chinese: 苏格兰高地人的氏族,部族

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