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Kahn

Kahn proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Kahn

  1. A surname from German.

Origin of Kahn

* As a north German surname, from Low German Kane (“small boat”), from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-West Germanic *kanō, from Proto-Germanic *kanô (“vessel, boat”). * Also as a north German surname, from a short form of Kahnert, a variant of Konrad. * Among Jews, a Germanicised form of Cohen.

Words formed from Kahn

Questions about Kahn

What does Kahn mean?
Kahn means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Kahn?
Kahn is a proper noun.

Words near Kahn in the dictionary

  1. Kahluas
  2. Kahlúa
  3. Kahlúas
  4. kahm
  5. kahms
  6. Kahn
  7. Kahnawake
  8. Kahnian
  9. Kahnpur
  10. Kahnwald
  11. Kahoka

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