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Yan vs Jonathan - What's the difference?

yan | jonathan |

As proper nouns the difference between yan and jonathan

is that yan is an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty while Jonathan is a son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.

As a numeral yan

is one.

As a noun Jonathan is

an apple cultivar from New York.

yan

English

(wikipedia yan)

Etymology 1

Along with (m) and yen, a Northumbrian form of one, from the (etyl) . An example is "yan, twee, tree" for "one, two, three".

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal, North East England, dialect) one
    • Derived terms
    * yance or yence
    References
    * {{reference-book , last = Griffiths , first = Bill , title = A Dictionary of North East Dialect , origyear = 2004 , publisher = Northumbria University Press , id = ISBN 1-904794-16-5 , pages = 191 }} * {{reference-book , last = Leith , first = Dick , title = A Social History of English , origyear = 1997 , publisher = Routledge , id = ISBN 0415097975, 9780415097970 , pages = 45 }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) numerals, with influence from Old English or modern Northern English yan or yen.

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (cardinal, North West England, dialect) one in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.
    • (Yan Tan Tethera)
    Derived terms
    * yan-a-dick * yan-a-bumfit
    See also
    *
    References
    * {{reference-book , last = Wright , first = Peter , title = Cumbrian Chat , origyear = 1995 , publisher = Dalesman Publishing Company , id = ISBN 185-568-092-0 , pages = 7 }} * {{reference-book , last = Deakin , first = Michael A.B. , editor = Leigh-Lancaster, David , title = The Name of the Number , origyear = 2007 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sSGPsbUdzuMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Name+of+the+Number&client=firefox-a&sig=rltANTWrl82R7Ho4mEv0PivE698 , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Australian Council for Educational Research , id = ISBN 0864317573 , pages = 75 }} * {{reference-book , last = Varvogli , first = Aliki , title = Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide , origyear = 2002 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YwW7f0jB9swC&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Proulx,+Annie%22&client=firefox-a&sig=1V4j_clhRbrJm7XnesnFDk8NU0Q , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group , id = ISBN 0826452337 , pages = 24-25 }}

    Anagrams

    * ----

    jonathan

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
  • * :
    • And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan' was knit with the soul of David, and ' Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
  • of biblical origin.
  • * 1936 (w, Frank O'Connor), In The Train . The Stories of Frank O'Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:
    • "Well indeed," said Foley, "'tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I'd do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month."
  • * 1998 , The Chimney Sweeper's Boy , ISBN 0670879274, page 168:
    • So I'd change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan'. If I ever have a son I'm going to call him '''Jonathan''', so I'd have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren't too common, so I'd have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about ' Jonathan King?

    Related terms

    * nonstandard spellings: Jonathon, Johnathan * pet forms: Jon, Jonty, Jonny, Nathan

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (en) An apple cultivar from New York.