Dictionary Definition
Jan n : the first month of the year; begins 10
days after the winter solstice [syn: January]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation 1
- jăn, /dʒæn/, /dZ
Extensive Definition
Jan or JAN may refer to:
Names:
- A given name in some languages, usually a variant of John (name)
- A shortened form of Janice or Janet
People:
- Jan Hus, religious reformer
- Jan Hron, Rector University of Life Sciences Prague
- Jan Howard (born 1930), and American country music singer
- Jan Matejko, Polish painter
- Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper
- Georg Jan (1791-1866), an Italian taxonomist
- Dominique Jan, a Columbia University surgeon
- Jan Boelens, Dutch physicist
- January, the first month of the Julian calendar and its descendants
- Jan (comics), the pseudonym of Spanish comic book artist Juan López Fernández
- A Danish car brand between 1915 and 1918, made by Jan Hagemeister
- Jackson-Evers International Airport (IATA: JAN), an airport in Jackson, Mississippi
- Japan Article Number, a barcode system
- Jan (deity), a lunar deity in Kachin mythology
- Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), United States; Amtrak station code JAN
Jan in French: Jan
Jan in Italian: JAN
Jan in Japanese: ヤン
Jan in Russian: Ян