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Golan

Golan proper noun: a city in the Middle East, generally identified with modern-day Sahm el-Jaulān in Daraa governorate, Syria.

Proper noun

Golan (countable and uncountable, plural Golans)

  1. (historical) A city in the Middle East, generally identified with modern-day Sahm el-Jaulān in Daraa governorate, Syria.
  2. A region in the Middle East, in northwest Syria, under Israeli occupation since 1967; same as the Golan Heights.
  3. A habitational surname from Hebrew.

Forms of Golan

pluralGolans

Origin of Golan

Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹלָן (golán).

Words formed from Golan

Questions about Golan

What does Golan mean?
Golan means a city in the Middle East, generally identified with modern-day Sahm el-Jaulān in Daraa governorate, Syria.
What part of speech is Golan?
Golan is a proper noun.

Words near Golan in the dictionary

  1. goladars
  2. Golaghat
  3. golah
  4. golahs
  5. Golakhvor
  6. Golan
  7. Golan Heights
  8. golandause
  9. golandauses
  10. Golang
  11. Golans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Golan (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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