Van (disambiguation)

Van can mean:

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• Van (road vehicle)
• A boxcar rail vehicle, is also called a van.
• A caboose, another kind of rail vehicle, is also sometimes called a van.
• Los Van Van, a Cuban musical group.
• Van, a Swedish musical group active in the late 1990s.
• VAN, Value Added Network. A mailbox system used in EDI. Data can be altered or enhanced by the VAN.
• Turkish Van a breed of cat.
• Shortened form of vanguard.
• The VAN method for earthquake prediction
• a kind of Norse deity, plural Vanir.

Van is also the name of several places:

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In Turkey:

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• Van, town
• Van Province, province
• Lake Van

In the United Kingdom:

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• Van, Caerphilly
• Van, Llanidloes

In the United States:

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• Van, Arkansas
• Van, Kentucky
• Van, Michigan
• Van, Missouri
• Van, Ohio
• Van, Oregon
• Van, Pennsylvania
• Van, Texas
• Van, Utah
• Van, Virginia
• Van, West Virginia

van is also a common Dutch preposition meaning "of" or "from", e.g. as in Ludwig van Beethoven or George Vancouver, semantically and etymologically related to the German "von". Unlike the German "von", the Dutch "van" is not an indication of nobility. It is always written in lower case, except at the beginning of a sentence or if the first name is omitted, as in "The composer Van Beethoven", or in some Americanised names (e.g. Dick Van Dyke, Martin Van Buren) or in the case where the word is not of Dutch origin, as in Vietnamese names (e.g. Duong Van Minh, Nguyen Van Thieu).

Related Topics:
Dutch - Preposition - Ludwig van Beethoven - George Vancouver - German - Von - Dick Van Dyke - Martin Van Buren - Vietnam - Duong Van Minh - Nguyen Van Thieu

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