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pollan

pollan noun: a freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herring.

Noun

pollan (plural pollans)

  1. A freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herring

Proper noun capitalized: Pollan

Pollan (plural Pollans)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of pollan

Noun
pluralpollans
Proper noun
pluralPollans

Origin of pollan

From Irish pollán.

Borrowed from German Pollan.

Questions about pollan

What does pollan mean?
Pollan means a freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herring.
What part of speech is pollan?
Pollan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pollan?
The plural of pollan is pollans.

Words near pollan in the dictionary

  1. pollakiuria
  2. pollakiurias
  3. Pollaks
  4. pollam
  5. pollams
  6. pollan
  7. Pollanen
  8. pollankan
  9. pollankans
  10. pollans
  11. pollarchy

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