Definition of "Van"

Van¹

/væn/

proper noun
1. A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
  Quotations
  'Beautiful idea,' said Van as he helped Ada to heat the tank, fill the old battered bath and warm a couple of towels.
  1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor

Van²

/væn/

proper noun
1. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.

Van³

/væn/

proper noun
1. A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
2. Van (a city on the shore of that lake, the capital of Van province, Turkey).
3. Van (a province of Turkey).

Van⁴

/væn/

proper noun
1. Abbreviation of Vancouver.

Van⁵

/væn/

noun
plural Vans
1. A Van cat.
2. A Turkish Van cat.