Van

  1. Proper noun.  A male given name, diminutive of Vance or Ivan.
  2. Proper noun.  A large saline lake in eastern Turkey. One of three great tectonic lakes of the Armenian Highland. Famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
  3. Proper noun.  A city on the shore of that lake.
  4. (abbreviation) .  Vancouver.
  5. Noun.  A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck.
  6. Noun.  (British) a railway carriage.
  7. Noun.  (form of, shortened form) .
  8. Noun.  (form of, shortened form) .
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).

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