Van — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.

2. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.

3. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.

4. A place in the United States: A city in Van Zandt County, Texas.

5. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.

6. A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia.

7. A place in Wales: A community and suburb of Caerphilly in Caerphilly borough (OS grid ref ST1686).

8. A place in Wales: A hamlet in Llanidloes Without community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9587).

Proper noun

1. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.

2. A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, and Evan.

   Examples

   'Beautiful idea,' said Van as he helped Ada to heat the tank, fill the old battered bath and warm a couple of towels.

Proper noun

1. A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.

2. A province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority.

3. A city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake.

Noun

1. A Van cat.

2. A Turkish Van cat.