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Jin vs Jan - What's the difference?

jin | jan |

As nouns the difference between jin and jan

is that jin is an alternative spelling of lang=en while jan is obsolete form of lang=en.

As proper nouns the difference between jin and jan

is that jin is the Chinese dynasty and empire of Jin (晉) - Jin Dynasty (265–420 while Jan is abbreviation of January|lang=en.

jin

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    jan

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (dated)

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from (Janet) and (Janice).

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A female nickname, sometimes used as a formal given name.
  • * 1899 Paul Leicester Ford: Janice Meredith : Chapter 1:
    • "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?" "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan ," cried her friend.
  • * 2008 , (Stephen King), Just After Sunset , Simon and Schuster (2009), ISBN 1416586652, page 129:
    • She's startled. How long has it been since he called her Jax instead of Janet or Jan ? The last is a nickname she secretly hates. It makes her think of that syrupy-sweet actress on Lassie when she was a kid, the little boy (Timmy, his name was Timmy) always fell down a well or got bitten by a snake or trapped under a rock, and what kind of parents put a kid's life in the hands of a fucking collie?

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl), (etyl), (etyl), (etyl), modern Scandinavian etc. Jan, from (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A male given name, in English mostly applied to foreign language speakers.
    • English diminutives of female given names ----