Word.ws English Dictionary

LAN

/læn/

LAN noun: an in-person tournament that uses LAN. Also the acronym of local area network.

Noun

LAN (plural LANs)

  1. (countable) An in-person tournament that uses LAN.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Lan

Lan

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lan

Lan

  1. A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
    • Drivers can take the exit and head north to Kelan, south to Jingle, or west onto a hill road that leads to Lan County in Lüliang City.2020, Shunmin (鲁顺民) Lu, Yang Yao (杨遥), Chen Kehai (陈克海), 掷地有声：从山西看中国脱贫攻坚 [Pathway to Prosperity: China's Poverty Alleviation with a Case Study of Shanxi Province], →ISBN, page...

Also used as

LAN is also the acronym of local area network.

LAN meaning in Thai

LAN in Thai

(abbreviation) local area network
แลน lɛɛn

Forms of LAN

pluralLANs

Origin of LAN

From Mandarin 嵐 /岚 (Lán).

Words formed from LAN

Phrases with LAN

Words that rhyme with LAN

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about LAN

What does LAN mean?
LAN means an in-person tournament that uses LAN.
What is LAN in Thai?
LAN in Thai is แลน (lɛɛn). See LAN meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is LAN?
LAN can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce LAN?
LAN is pronounced /læn/.
What is the plural of LAN?
The plural of LAN is LANs.

Words near LAN in the dictionary

  1. Lamèque
  2. lamé
  3. Lamé curve
  4. Lamé curves
  5. lamés
  6. LAN
  7. LAN adapter
  8. LAN adapters
  9. LAN house
  10. lan jiao
  11. Lan John

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: LAN (page history and authors); Lan (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-LAN.oga.

Cite this entry: “LAN.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lan. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.