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Ian

1

[ee-uhn, ee-ahn, ahy-uhn]

noun

  1. a male given name, Scottish form of John.



-ian

2
  1. a 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

  1. a variant of -an

    Etonian

    Johnsonian

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Ian1

Extracted from Latin loanwords in which -Գܲ (adjective suffix) is joined to stems ending in i; -an
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Ian1

from Latin -Գܲ
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Example Sentences

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Ian Malcolm, from Lurgan in County Armagh, is a Protestant, a unionist and an Irish language teacher.

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Steps star Ian "H" Watkins is hosting the event alongside actress Claire Sweeney and BBC Radio 2 presenter Owain Wyn Evans.

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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".

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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."

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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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