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tapan

tapan is the alternative form of tupan.

Meaning of tupan

Noun (1)

tupan

  1. (historical) A governor in China.

Noun (2)

tupan (plural tupans)

  1. A large double-headed drum, played with mallets.
    Synonyms:
    davul

Forms of tapan

pluraltapans

Questions about tapan

What is tapan the alternative form of?
Tapan is the alternative form of tupan.

Words near tapan in the dictionary

  1. Tapajós
  2. Tapalhuaca
  3. tapalo
  4. tapalos
  5. Tapalpa
  6. tapan
  7. Tapanatepec
  8. Tapanes
  9. Tapaneses
  10. tapans
  11. Tapanui

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapan (page history and authors); tupan (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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