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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ian1

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

Origin of Ian1

from Latin -iānus
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Example Sentences

Ian 'Diamond' White beat European champion and 29th seed Edhouse 3-1 and will face teenage star Littler in the next round.

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Ian Rankin has always enjoyed building small model boats but, after a cancer diagnosis, the 82-year-old set himself a new challenge.

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Ian is a keen sailor and used to keep a small model boat in the garden.

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After a passer-by told him that seeing it had made them feel happy, Ian was inspired to build a full-sized yacht.

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Ian says that local children often describe the yacht as "the boat in the sky", due to its high mast and elevated position on a hill in his back garden.

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