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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

    Johnsonian

    Etonian

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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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By Ian Leslie Celadon Books: 448 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

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We think we know everything, but author Ian Leslie proves otherwise.

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His friend Ian Pollitt also described him as being "such a big character" and "loved by everyone".

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In the Citibank case, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged that a bank unit that issued store-branded credit cards for Home Depot, Best Buy and other retailers discriminated against applicants whose surnames ended with “ian” or “yan” — particularly those who lived in and near Glendale, suspecting they would be more likely to commit fraud.

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"This means that the flies have a control mechanism that allows them to get all the benefits of alcohol consumption without risking alcohol intoxication," lead author Ian Keesey, of the University of Nebraska, said.

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