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Ian
1[ee-uhn, ee-ahn, ahy-uhn]
-ian
2a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an, though -ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian .
-ian
suffix
a variant of -an
Etonian
Johnsonian
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Ian1
Example Sentences
Ian Malcolm, from Lurgan in County Armagh, is a Protestant, a unionist and an Irish language teacher.
Steps star Ian "H" Watkins is hosting the event alongside actress Claire Sweeney and BBC Radio 2 presenter Owain Wyn Evans.
During sentencing at Oxford Crown Court on Friday, Judge Ian Pringle KC described it a "bold and brazen" heist that took "no more than five-and-a-half minutes to complete".
Another discontented Labour MP, Ian Byrne, said: "After 14 weeks do the disabled and sick affected miraculously end the need for the vital assistance being taken away? An absolute nonsense."
Ian Hollett, Alex's coach from Hurricane Combat and Fitness said the club was "utterly devastated" by the loss of a "wonderful, kind and exceptionally talented boy".
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