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cajan

cajan is the alternative form of cadjan.

cajan is the alternative form of cajun.

Meaning of cadjan

Noun

cadjan (countable and uncountable, plural cadjans)

  1. A form of parchment made from leaves of the coconut palm, formerly used in Asia.
  2. A woven mat of leaves of the coconut palm, traditionally used for roofing and walls in Asia.
    • As I knew I should have to build a house at Dorey, where I was going, I took with me eighty cadjans, or waterproof mats, made of pandanus leaves, to cover over my baggage on first landing, and to help to roof my house afterwards.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 299

Noun

cajan

  1. Synonym of pigeon pea (“Cajanus cajan”).
    Synonyms:
    pigeon pea

Synonyms of cajan

Forms of cajan

pluralcajans

Questions about cajan

What does cajan mean?
Cajan means synonym of pigeon pea (“Cajanus cajan”).
What is cajan the alternative form of?
Cajan is the alternative form of cadjan.
What part of speech is cajan?
Cajan is a noun.
What is the plural of cajan?
The plural of cajan is cajans.

Words near cajan in the dictionary

  1. caja china
  2. Cajal bodies
  3. Cajal body
  4. Cajamarca
  5. Cajamarcas
  6. cajan
  7. Cajanaburg
  8. Cajania
  9. cajanin
  10. cajans
  11. cajaput

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cajan (page history and authors); cadjan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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