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Stephan

Stephan proper noun: an unincorporated community in Hyde County, South Dakota.

Proper noun

Stephan

  1. An unincorporated community in Hyde County, South Dakota.
  2. A male given name.
    • For the whole year, the exotic automaker sold 7,430 cars and SUVs, down 9.5% compared to 2019. But the last quarter of 2020 was the best in the Italian supercar maker’s history and its order banks are already filled for the first nine months of 2021, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann said.2021 April 1, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Sales of Bentleys and Lamborghinis are booming because rich people are bored”, in CNN
  3. A surname from Breton of Breton origin.

Origin of Stephan

Ultimately from Ancient Greek στεφανίζω (stephanízō, “to crown”) & Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “that which surrounds, crown, wreath”).

Words formed from Stephan

Questions about Stephan

What does Stephan mean?
Stephan means an unincorporated community in Hyde County, South Dakota.
What part of speech is Stephan?
Stephan is a proper noun.

Words near Stephan in the dictionary

  1. stepgrandson
  2. stepgrandsons
  3. Steph
  4. stephacidin
  5. stephalagine
  6. Stephan
  7. Stephana
  8. stephanandra
  9. stephanandras
  10. stephane
  11. stephanes

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