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Saan

Saan is the alternative spelling of San.

Meaning of San

Noun

San pl (plural only)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, plural, plural-only, regional, slur) Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
    Synonyms:
    Bushmen

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Questions about Saan

What is Saan the alternative spelling of?
Saan is the alternative spelling of San.

Words near Saan in the dictionary

  1. Saam
  2. Saami
  3. Saamis
  4. saamlaw
  5. Saams
  6. Saan
  7. Saane
  8. Saanen
  9. Saanen goat
  10. Saanen goats
  11. Saanens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Saan (page history and authors); San (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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