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van in Arabic

عَرَبَة نَقْل ʕarabat naql

/væn/

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van in Arabic: عَرَبَة نَقْل (ʕarabat naql), عربيه نقل (ʕarabéyya naʔl), ميكروباص (mekrobass). In English, van means a covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

Arabic words for van

a covered vehicle
عَرَبَة نَقْل ʕarabat naql, عربيه نقل ʕarabéyya naʔl, ميكروباص mekrobass

English meaning of van

  1. noun A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
  2. noun An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
  3. noun A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
  4. noun A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.

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Questions about van in Arabic

What is the meaning of van in Arabic?
Van in Arabic is عَرَبَة نَقْل (ʕarabat naql), عربيه نقل (ʕarabéyya naʔl), ميكروباص (mekrobass).
ما معنى كلمة van؟
Van: عَرَبَة نَقْل (ʕarabat naql), عربيه نقل (ʕarabéyya naʔl), ميكروباص (mekrobass).
What does van mean in English?
Van means a covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: van (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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