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San

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San  (sän)
n. pl. San or Sans In both senses also called Bushman.
1. A member of a traditionally nomadic hunting people of southwest Africa.
2. Any of the Khoisan languages of the San.
[Nama : sa, to pick up from the ground, gather + -n, common gender pl. suff.]
san also -san  (sän)
n.
Used as a courtesy title in Japanese-speaking areas as a suffix to the given name, surname, or title of the person being addressed, regardless of age or gender: Yamamoto san; sensei-san.
[Japanese -san.]
san [sæn]
n
Old-fashioned informal short for sanatorium (esp sense 3)
San1
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) an aboriginal people of southern Africa
2. (Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) a group of the Khoisan languages, spoken mostly by Bushmen
San2
n
(Placename) a river in E central Europe, rising in the W Ukraine and flowing northwest across SE Poland to the Vistula River. Length: about 450 km (280 miles)


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In approaching this deserted mission-house from the south, the traveller passes over the mountain of San Juan, supposed to be the highest peak in the Californias.
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