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san | s |

As an adjective san

is healthy.

As a letter s is

the letter s with a.

san

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

    • See also

    *

    Etymology 2

    sanatorium

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, informal) A sanatorium.
  • * 1940 , Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School
    • "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San ."
  • * 2005 , Dan Soucoup, ?Richard Thorne McCully, McCully's New Brunswick (page 137)
    • River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San " at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.

    Anagrams

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    s

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

    Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----