Dan.

Proper noun

Daniel

1. A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

   Synonyms:

   Dan.

2. The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
   • Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 6:16
3. A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.
   • "His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel...1989, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Corgi Books, →ISBN, page 55
4. A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
5. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
6. A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.

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Proper noun (1)

Danish (uncountable)

1. The language of Danes and Denmark.

Proper noun (2)

Danish

1. A male given name.

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