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pian

/pjɑn/

pian noun: yaws.

Noun

pian (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Yaws.

Origin of pian

Borrowed from Portuguese piã, Spanish pian, or French pian, said to be from a Tupi-Guarani word.

Words formed from pian

Phrases with pian

Questions about pian

What does pian mean?
Pian means yaws.
What part of speech is pian?
Pian is a noun.
How do you pronounce pian?
Pian is pronounced /pjɑn/.

Words near pian in the dictionary

  1. Piallamore
  2. Piallaway
  3. pials
  4. pialyn
  5. Piambong
  6. pian
  7. piana
  8. pianee
  9. pianella
  10. pianellas
  11. pianette

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pian (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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