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wan.

winnowing basket

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋɑn/
  1. winnowing basket

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wan, wanne, Old Dutch *wanna, from Proto-West Germanic *wannu, from Latin vannus.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.