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Tan vs San - What's the difference?

tan | san |

As a proper noun tan

is the eighth heavenly stem.

As an adjective san is

healthy.

tan

Translingual

(wikipedia tan)

Symbol

(head)
  • A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.

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    san

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

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

    • See also

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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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