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duan

duan noun: a division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.

Noun

duan (plural duans)

  1. A division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
    • Till what is call'd, in Ossian, the fifth Duan1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII)
  2. A poem or song.

Proper noun capitalized: Duan

Duan (plural Duans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of duan

Noun
pluralduans
Proper noun
pluralDuans

Origin of duan

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

Phrases with duan

Questions about duan

What does duan mean?
Duan means a division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
What part of speech is duan?
Duan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of duan?
The plural of duan is duans.

Words near duan in the dictionary

  1. duals
  2. dualski
  3. dualskis
  4. dualtropic
  5. dualy
  6. duan
  7. Duane
  8. Duane syndrome
  9. Duane's syndrome
  10. Duanesburg
  11. duang

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