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San vs Sai - What's the difference?

san | sai |

As nouns the difference between san and sai

is that san is a letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa while sai is a handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.

As a proper noun San

is a member of the ethnically distinct, short-statured nomadic people of southern Africa.

As an acronym SAN

is styrene-acrylonitrile resin.

san

English

Etymology 1

Noun

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

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    sai

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (sai)
  • A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
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    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) sahi.

    Noun

  • sajou; capuchin
  • (Webster 1913)

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