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Definition: Van |
VanNoun1. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time. 2. The leading units moving at the head of an army. 3. (British) a camper equipped with living quarters. 4. A truck with an enclosed cargo space. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Van" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become". |
Date "van" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | VAN Value Added Network. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Literature | Van of an army is the French avant, but van, a winnowing machine, is the Latin vannus, our fan. The Spirit of the Van. A sort of fairy which haunts the Van Pools in the mountains of Carmarthen on New Year's Eve. She is dressed in white, girded with a golden girdle; her golden hair is very long, and she sits in a golden boat, which she urges along with a golden oar. A young farmer fell in love with her and married her, but she told him if he struck her thrice she would quit him for ever. After a time they were invited to a christening, and in the midst of the ceremony she burst into tears. Her husband struck her, and asked why she made such a fool of herself. "I weep," she said, "to see the poor babe brought into a vale of misery and tears." They were next invited to the funeral of the same child, and she could not resist laughing. Her husband struck her again, and asked the same question. "I laugh," she said, "to think how joyous a thing it is that the child has left a world of sin for a world of joy and innocence." They were next invited to a wedding, where the bride was young and the man advanced in years. Again she wept, and said aloud. "It is the devil's compact. The bride has sold herself for gold." Her husband bade her hold her peace, struck her, and she vanished for ever from his sight. (Welsh mythology.) Van (pl. ~~~Vanir Vanir), in Scandinavian mythology. Gods of the ocean, air, fountains, and streams. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. To separate, such as ore from veinstone, by washing it on the point of a shovel. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | VAN. Madam Van; see MADAM. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Transportation | See FR. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Van:"van" is also a common Dutch word meaning "of".
- van (vehicle)
- a region in Turkey
- van, a breed of cat
- Van, Arkansas
- Van, Kentucky
- Van, Michigan
- Van, Missouri
- Van, Ohio
- Van, Oregon
- Van, Pennsylvania
- Van, Texas
- Van, Utah
- Van, Virginia
- Van, West Virginia
- Lake Van (in Turkey)
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Van is the area around Lake Van in eastern Turkey. Having the ancient name of Tushpa, it was the capital of the Urartian kingdom. The ancient local people called them selves Nairi. Later the area became once again a center during the reign of the Armenian king, Tigran who created the city of Tigranakert in first century BC. The city which was destroyed during the World War I was rebuilt after the war, near the old city.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Van (Turkey)."
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A van is a vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is generally a rather box-shaped vehicle on four wheels (not more), about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground.Many mobile businesses use a van to carry almost their entire business to various places where they work (for instance, people who come to homes or places of business to perform services or to install or repair appliances).
Vans are also used to shuttle people and their luggage between hotels and airports, to transport commuters between parking lots and their places of work, and along established routes as mini-buses.
See also: truck
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Van (vehicle)."
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Van is a city located in Van Zandt County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,362.Geography
Van is located at 32°31'34" North, 95°38'11" West (32.526029, -95.636493)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²). 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,362 people, 894 households, and 616 families residing in the city. The population density is 305.0/km² (789.6/mi²). There are 999 housing units at an average density of 129.0/km² (334.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.85% White, 0.34% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.12% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 7.11% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 894 households out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% are married couples living together, 10.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% are non-families. 26.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is 3.14. In the city the population is spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,177, and the median income for a family is $38,864. Males have a median income of $34,464 versus $21,087 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,495. 14.1% of the population and 11.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 19.7% are under the age of 18 and 10.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Van, Texas."
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Van is a small community in Boone County, West Virginia, zip code 25206. It was named after Van Linville who established its post office and was its first postmaster.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Van, West Virginia."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
VAN | English | Vehicle area network | N/A |
VAN | German | Vancouver | Public Administration |
| VAb | English | Van Allen belt | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: VanSynonyms: avant garde (n), caravan (n), vanguard (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Title-page; head, heading; van; (front) |
Front | Fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout. |
Adverb: before; in front, in the van, in advance; ahead, right ahead; forehead, foremost; in the foreground, in the lee of; before one's face, before one's eyes; face to face, vis-a-vis; front a front. | |
Journey | Vehicle; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter',trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters. |
Precession | Verb: go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; precede, forerun; usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; get the start, have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of; outstrip; take precedence; (first in order). |
Noun: precession, leading, heading; precedence; priority; the lead, le pas; van; (front); precursor. | |
Adverb: in advance, before, ahead, in the van, in the lead; foremost, headmost; in front; at the head, out in front; way out in front, far ahead. | |
Vehicle | Train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; st class train, nd class train, rd class train, st class carriage, nd class carriage, rd class carriage, st class compartment, nd class compartment, rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car; bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van. |
Noun: vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry. | |
Motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Van |
| English words defined with "van": alcohol-dependent, alcoholic, Avant, Avant-guard ♦ Beethovenian, black Maria, bookmobile, break, bring out, business ♦ Center of a fleet ♦ declare, delivery truck, delivery van, disclose, discover, divulge, donated ♦ expose ♦ Foreward ♦ give away ♦ impart ♦ laundry truck, let on, let out ♦ mercantile, minivan, moving van ♦ paddy wagon, panel truck, pantechnicon, passenger van, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon, pull ♦ reveal ♦ uncorrupted, undefiled ♦ Vanward, Vaward ♦ wagon. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "van": chop van motorhome, CUSTOM VAN CONVERTER ♦ Shan Van Voght ♦ Van Allen belt, Van Allen radiation belt, Van Allen belts or Van Allen Radiation belts, Van Allen radiation belt, Van Allen Radiation Belts, VAN DRIVER, VAN DYKE, Van Hagar, van helper, VAN HOUTEN, van pool. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "van": Vanguard. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Van" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (about, by, concerning, from, of, on, since, surname, upon), Dutch (about, by, concerning, from, of, on, out of, since, such a, surname, toward, upon, van, van den Heuvel, what a), Flemish (from, of, Van), French (fan, horse box, sieve, trailer, Van), Hungarian (be, cross-word puzzles are all the craze, exist, have a couple of drinks, have a dash of tar-brush, have other fish to fry, have sg up one's sleeve, have some spare cash, have subsistence, have the grace to do sg, have the nerve to do sg, is, it is, stood, there are, there is, to answer a question, to be better off, to be friendly disposed, to be in a hole, to be in the family way, to be maxed out, to be on the hook, to be out of sorts, to be reduced to extremes, to be under way, to dwell, dwelt, to exist, to hit the ceiling, to hit the roof, to make every endeavour to, to smack of sg, to stand, to stand in need of sg, to stand, stood), Malay (van), Manx (van ), Romanian (abortive, flimsy, futile, idle, nugatory, useless, vain, vainglorious), Serbo-Croatian (beyond, off, out, out of, outside, outside of, outward, outwards, without), Spanish (are you going), Swedish (accustomed, conditioned, practised, skilled, trained, used to, wont, wonted), Vietnamese (cap). |
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Screenplays | I spent the last of my life savings turning my van into a dog. It cost me 200 bucks for the alarm system alone (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.) I'm sick of being in the van. You guys can be in the van next time (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël) Janice Van Meter got hit with a baseball (Steel Magnolias; writing credit: Robert Harling) No wonder Van Gogh cut off his ear. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Yeah, pretty much, except we drove around in a van solving mysteries (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Take a nap like Rip Van Winkle, daze dreamin' again (Mountain Music; performing artist: ALABAMA; writing credit: Randy Owen) Left the keys in the van, with a gat in each hand (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem) We got busted gettin' high in the back of my friend's van (AM Radio; performing artist: Everclear) But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg (Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: Warren Zevon & David Lindell c. 1976 Zevon Music, BMI) | |
Clever | He has Van Gogh's ear for music. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rip Van Winkle (1978) Van Oekel's Discohoek (1974) Testament van Edgar Allan Poe: De grenzen van de dood (1974) Ter ere van... (1974) De Vloek van Woestewolf (1974) | |
Song Titles | Rip Van Winkle (performing artist: The Devotions) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Orrery" (movie) by Marijke van Gans. Watch Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars orbit the Sun, while the Moon orbits Earth. From inside DPGraph, click on Edit for more information. |  | "x + y + z + xyz = 0" by Marijke van Gans. The Lorentz/Einstein composition of two velocities creates this graph that hogs six edges of a cube. From inside DPGraph, click on Edit for more information. |
 | Cooper Departs Transfer Van. Credit: NASA. |  | Lester Van Atta. Credit: NASA. |
 | Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Helped nurture the Survey during the 1830's. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Deploying a Van Vehn grab sampler from the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship BROWN BEAR. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Van advertising deep sea fishing from a headboat. Credit: Fisheries. |  | 1 Abudefduf amabilis (De Vis) 2 Abudefduf antjerius (Kuhl & Van Hasselt) In: "The Fishes of Samoa", by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 25, 1905. P. 455, Plate XXXIX. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Ensign Dann Karlson assists divers with tide gauge installation, while Lt. E. J. Van Den Ameele (Field Operations Officer) and Ordinary Seaman Chip Miller prepare additional gear. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | RAINIER Field Operations Officer, Lt. E. J. Van Den Ameele, works with Senior Survey Tech Winli Lin leveling the tide gauge while Survey Tech Nicole Stagner holds the level rod. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Fire Van" by Jordi Sancho Commentary: "Local Pyromaniac's Act." | "Little hotrod van" by Mike Rose Commentary: "Weird little van." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Abigail Van Buren | The less you talk, the more you're listened to. |
Henry Van Dyke | No man's credit is as good as his money. |
Ludwig Van Beethoven | Friends applaud, the comedy is over. |
| Applaud friends, the comedy is over. | |
| Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. | |
Vincent Van Gogh | A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. |
| What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? | |
| Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence. | |
William Cornelius Van Horne | Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany undertakes to deliver to Belgium, through the Reparation Commission, within six months of the coming into force of the present Treaty, in order to enable Belgium to reconstitute two great artistic works: (1) The leaves of the triptych of the Mystic Lamb painted by the Van Eyck brothers, formerly in the Church of St. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The last man who drew water from that well was Guillaume Van Kylsom |
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Health | Paquier, P, Van Dongen, H, and Loonen, M. The Landau-Kleffner Syndrome or Acquired Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder. (references) | |
Marrie, T.J., Van Buren, J., Faulkner, R.S., Haldane, E.V., Williams, J.C., and Kwan, C. (1984). Seroepidemiology of Q fever in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. (references) | ||
Bakken, J.S., Goellner, P., Van Etten, M., Boyle, D.Z., Swonger, D.L., Mattson, S., Krueth, J., Tilden, R.L., Asanovich, K., Walls, J., & Dumler, J.S. (1998). Seroprevalence of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis among permanent residents of northwestern Wisconsin. (references) | ||
Business | The van segment has also developed along similar lines. (references) | |
There are now 34 different van models available on the German market. (references) | ||
As van sales continue to increase, the demand for parts and quality accessories is also increasing. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Burundi | On June 9, FDD rebels killed Anglican archdeacon Jodl Beheda and two other persons in an ambush on their van near Makamba. (references) |
Vietnam | Two members of the group, Truong Van Duc and Ho Van Trong, were arrested and sentenced to 12- and 4-year prison sentences, respectively. (references) | |
Vietnam | Hoa Hao believer Vo Van Buu was arrested, tried, and sentenced to 30 months in prison after meeting in June 2000 with Nguyen Van Dien, an officer of the Hoa Hao organization that does not have government approval. (references) | |
Economic History | Belgium | Flemish painting--from Van Eyck and Breugel to Rubens and Van Dyck--became the most prized in Europe. (references) |
Belgium | The Lower House is officially called Chambre des Représentants (in French) or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch). (references) | |
Vietnam | Four--Phan Van Khai, Nguyen Tan Dung, Le Minh Huong, and Pham Van Tra--of the Politburo members concurrently hold high positions in the government. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | In September 2000, a 16-year-old girl suspect arrested on suspicion of petty theft was raped by two policemen in a police van in West Bengal. (references) |
Vietnam | The number of confirmed political prisoners is much lower than 150. Ho Van Trong and Truong Van Duc received prison sentences during the year for religious activities. (references) | |
Bangladesh | In July 2000, gunmen fired at a van in Chittagong, killing eight persons, including six members of the BCL. The Government accused the ICS of being responsible for the attack. (references) | |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | On March 20, a Bosniak returnee's van was burned near Zvornik. (references) |
Argentina | The police defendants face charges of various acts of corruption related to the stolen van. (references) | |
Political Economy | Vietnam | On October 19, a Catholic priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, was sentenced to an unusually harsh 15 years in prison. (references) |
Travel | Botswana | Request the hotel van service when you make your room reservation. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LORE, n. Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or by nature. This latter is commonly designated as folk-lore and embraces popularly myths and superstitions. In Baring-Gould's Curious Myths of the Middle Ages the reader will find many of these traced backward, through various people son converging lines, toward a common origin in remote antiquity. Among these are the fables of "Teddy the Giant Killer," "The Sleeping John Sharp Williams," "Little Red Riding Hood and the Sugar Trust," "Beauty and the Brisbane," "The Seven Aldermen of Ephesus," "Rip Van Fairbanks," and so forth. The fable with Goethe so affectingly relates under the title of "The Erl- King" was known two thousand years ago in Greece as "The Demos and the Infant Industry." One of the most general and ancient of these myths is that Arabian tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Rockefellers." |
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Harland Braun | To Van Nuys. And there, the district attorney will either not file a complaint and the charges will then lapse, or they'll file a complaint and they'll set bail or not set bail, and they'll set a date for a preliminary hearing. |
Trisha Meili | I didn't go out through the front door of the courthouse. I went through an elevator down into a garage and got into a van and left that way. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | At a recent date an attack was made on a post of the enemy near Niagara by a detachment of the regular and other forces under the command of Major-General Van Rensselaer, of the militia of the State of New York. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Today, she's a dispatcher with the a van company. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Van" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.26% of the time. "Van" is used about 4,238 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50.26% | 2,130 | 4,086 |
| Noun (singular) | 49.67% | 2,105 | 4,128 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.07% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,238 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "van" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Van | First name Female | 3,000 | 1,716 |
| Van | First name Male | 19,000 | 484 |
| Van | Last name | 3,000 | 4,187 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Van" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Van." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Van | Male | N/A | Ivan |
| John | Male | Biblical | Yahweh |
| Ivan | Male | Croatian | John |
| Ivana | Female | Croatian | Ivan |
| Ivan | Male | Czech | John |
| Ivana | Female | Czech | Ivan |
| John | Male | English | Yahweh |
| Ivan | Male | Russian | John |
| Ivanna | Female | Russian | Ivan |
| Vanya | Male | Russian | Ivan |
| Ivan | Male | Serbian | John |
| Ivana | Female | Serbian | Ivan |
| Yahweh | Male | Theology | N/A |
| Ivanna | Female | Ukrainian | Ivan |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Belgium | Bureau Van Dijk Computer Services SA | Canada | Van Houtte Inc. |
| France | Irene Van Ryb | Hong Kong | Van Shung Chong Holdings Limited |
| Japan | Misawa Van Corporation | Netherlands | Koninklijke Van Melle NV |
| Singapore | Van Der Horst Limited | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Van, TX (city, FIPS 74912) 2. Van, WV |
Expressions using "van": Algemeen Sociaal Fonds ter Bevordering van de Volksgezondheid "Draagt elkanders Lasten" ♦ Anton van Leeuwenhoek ♦ Anton van Leuwenhoek ♦ be in the van ♦ breakdown van ♦ camping van ♦ Carl Clinton Van Doren ♦ Carl Van Doren ♦ chop van motorhome ♦ courier's van ♦ delivery van ♦ furniture van ♦ gipsy's van ♦ goods van ♦ guard's van ♦ Henri Clemens van de Velde ♦ Henri van de Velde ♦ in the van ♦ in the van of ♦ James Alfred Van Allen ♦ Jan van der Meer ♦ Jan van Eyck ♦ John Hasbrouck Van Vleck ♦ John Van Vleck ♦ kaliumzout van appelzuur ♦ kanker van de appel ♦ Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe ♦ Ludwig van Beethoven ♦ luggage van ♦ mail van ♦ markt van niet ter beurze genoteerde roerende waarden ♦ Martin Van Buren ♦ mechanically refrigerated van ♦ Mies Van Der Rohe ♦ moving van ♦ ontvangende gebruiker van een transportlaag ♦ panel van ♦ pantechnicon van ♦ passenger van ♦ pickup van ♦ police van ♦ president Van Buren ♦ prison van ♦ radio van ♦ recording van ♦ refrigerated van ♦ refrigerator van ♦ Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn ♦ rembrandt van rijn ♦ Rembrandt van Ryn ♦ removal van ♦ Rip van Winkle ♦ S. S. Van Dine ♦ sanitary van ♦ stimuleren van de melkstroom ♦ syndroom van Blount ♦ Van Allen ♦ van Allen belt ♦ Van Alstyne ♦ van Arkel and de Boer process ♦ van Arkel process ♦ van Beethoven ♦ Van Bogaert encephalitis ♦ Van Buren ♦ Van Buren Bay ♦ Van Buren County ♦ Van de Graaff generator ♦ van de Velde ♦ van der waals forces ♦ van der Waal's forces ♦ Van Doren ♦ Van Dyck ♦ Van Dyke ♦ van dyne ♦ Van Etten ♦ van Eyck ♦ van gogh ♦ van horn ♦ Van Horne ♦ Van Hornesville ♦ van lear ♦ Van Meter ♦ van nuys ♦ van pool ♦ Van Tassell ♦ Van Vleck ♦ Van Wert ♦ Van Wert County ♦ Van Wyck Brooks ♦ Van Zandt County ♦ vincent van gogh ♦ vrij van belasting ♦ Willard Van Orman Quine. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "van": van-boy, Van-courier, van-dals, van-driver, van-driving, van-equipped, van-haul, van-hear, Van-helten, van-load, van-loads, van-makers, van-making, van-sized, van-style. | |
Ending with "van": boymans-van, brake-van, mini-van, Rent-a-van. | |
Containing "van": clinging-to-the-van-sides, Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
van gogh | 4,065 | moving van | 552 |
van | 3,278 | 2003 tour van warped | 510 |
van halen | 2,968 | paul van dyk | 487 |
vincent van gogh | 2,340 | jack van impe | 462 |
van warped tour | 2,210 | mini van rental | 461 |
van rental | 2,189 | art van furniture | 454 |
van nuys ca | 2,078 | van wilder | 447 |
van morrison | 1,725 | james van der beek | 402 |
van conversion | 1,555 | van accessory | 399 |
van shoes | 1,438 | helsing van | 386 |
nicole van croft | 822 | used van | 377 |
jean claude van damme | 811 | van art | 367 |
croft nichole van | 764 | united van line | 352 |
van gogh sunflower | 758 | van kampen | 346 |
van gogh starry night | 757 | ford van | 338 |
mini van | 725 | la oreja de van gogh | 337 |
van gogh print | 691 | james van praagh | 331 |
van gogh painting | 688 | ludwig van beethoven | 321 |
van line | 632 | van rent | 315 |
camper van | 625 | tour van warp | 300 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "van"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Vagon Mallrash (freight car, lorry, lurry, truck, waggon, wagon), Vagon (boxcar, car, freight car, goods wagon, railway carriage, railway coach, streetcar), Pararojë (advance, advance guard, avant garde, pilot, vanguard), Kamionçinë (pickup, waggon, wagon), Furgon (caravan). (various references) | |
Arabic | عربة (car, chariot, conveyance, dolly, vehicle, waggon, wagon), طليعة الجيش (vanguard), جناح (annexe, flank, lean to, pavilion, suite, ward, wing), شاحنة صغيرة (panel, pickup). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Авангард, Фургон, Веялка, Циганска Каруца. (various references) | |
Chinese | 貨車 , 搬运车 (VANS). (various references) | |
Czech | Předvoj (advance guard, vanguard), Nákladní Vùz (waggon, wagon), Maringotka (caravan), Dodávkové Auto. (various references) | |
Danish | Van Dyke-teori (Van Dyke), van Arkel proces (van Arkel and de Boer process, van Arkel process), van Allen-baelte (radiation belt, van Allen belt), van-pool (van pool), reportagevogn (Outside Broadcast Van), faerge-rejsegodsvogn (ferry van), flyttevogn (furniture van, pantechnicon, pantechnicon van), koelet lastvogn (refrigerated lorry, refrigerated truck, refrigerated van), lastvogn med mekanisk koeling (mechanically refrigerated lorry, mechanically refrigerated truck, mechanically refrigerated van), lukket godsvogn (box car US, covered van, covered wagen), lukket varevogn (commercial car, delivery van, light lorry), pakkevogn (mail storage car, postal truck, postal van, stowage van), postbol (mail storage car, postal truck, postal van, stowage van), beboelsesvogn (boarding car, caravan, living van, workman's sleeping coach), renovationsvogn (garbage truck, refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), roegdykkerbil (breathing apparatus van), skraldevogn (garbage truck, refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), specialaptering (equipment, van fitting), stationcar (beach wagon, commercial car, delivery van, estate car, light lorry, station waggon, station wagon), totalisatorvogn (totalizator van, tote van), postvogn (mail car, mail van, post office coach). (various references) | |
Dutch | bestelwagen (delivery van), bestelauto (delivery van). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kamioneto. (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشقراول , پیشقدم (Pacemaker, Pioneer, Protagonist, Trail, Trailblazer), پیشگام (Pioneer, Trailblazer), پیشوا (Headman, Leader, Primate, Rector), پیشرو (Chief, Harbinger, Herald, Pathfinder, Precursor, Progenitor, Trail), کامیون سربسته , جلوداربودن , جلودار (Front, Harbinger, Herald, Vanguard), رهبرکردن , بال جناح . (various references) | |
Finnish | pakettiauto. (various references) | |
Flemish | van (from, of). (various references) | |
French | van, Fourgon (luggage van), Caravane, Camionnette (pickup van), Camion, Avant-garde (vanguard). (various references) | |
German | Vorteil (account, advantage, avail, benefit, gain, good, perk, profit, vantage, virtue), Vorhut (vanguard), Wohnwagen (caravan, caravans, mobile home, trailer), Waggon (carriage, coach, freight car, railway carriage, waggon, wagon), Wagen (baby carriage, bus, car, caravan, carriage, cars, cart, coach, dare, dared, durst, hazard, machine, pram, railway carriage, risk, to risk, to take a chance, trolley, trollies, trolly, vehicle, vehicular, venture, waggon, wagon, wain), Transporter (cargo ship, transport, transport plane, transporter, transporters), Spitze (apex, barb, cusp, dig, dig (at), end, fineness, front, great, head, hit, holder, horn, in-group, jag, keen, lace, lead, nib, peak, Pike, pinnacle, point, pointed toe, shaft, Spike, spire, summit, surplus, tip, toe, too much, top, vanguard, vertex, wild), Lieferwagen (delivery truck US, delivery van, panel truck, pickup, waggon, wagon), Lastwagen (lorries, lorry, truck, trucks, trucks US, vans), Lastauto (lorry, panel truck, truck), Kastenwagen (box cart, box wagon, panel truck, truck), Führung (captaincy, command, commanders, conduct, direction, directors, duct, guidance, guide, guided tour, guideway, keeping, lead, leaders, leadership, location, management, running, vanguard). (various references) | |
Greek | φορτηγάκι, Σκεπασμένο ίάρο όετακομίσεωσ, Βαγόνι Αποσκευών, Φορτηγό, Πρωτοπορεία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ־שאית, ַיל ִחלוץ, ָנדר, קרונית (dray, trolley, waggonette). (various references) | |
Hungarian | front (front, front line, front lines), arcvonal (firing line, front, front line, front lines, frontage line, line). (various references) | |
Icelandic | flutningabíll (furniture van, pantechnicon, pantechnicon van). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mobil gerbong, gerobak (caisson, car, cart, truck, wagon). (various references) | |
Italian | furgone (lorries, lorry). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 貨車 (freight car), バロック音楽 (advance, ballon d essai, Bangkok, banjo, bank, banker, banquet, banshee, bantam, barometer, baron, Baroque music, bun, bungalow, bunker, Van Allen, Vancouver), 急先鋒 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バン (bun), きゅうせんぽう, かしゃ (borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to convey a certain term, delicate, freight car, gorgeous, luxury, pomp, slender). (various references) | |
Korean | 밴 (VANS). (various references) | |
Malay | van. (various references) | |
Manx | van. (various references) | |
Norwegian | flyttebil (furniture van, pantechnicon, pantechnicon van). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vanguarda (avant-garde, battlefront, front, frontage, head, vanguard), primeira linha (first-rate, forefront), joeira (riddle, sieve), furgão (luggage-van), frente de batalha (battle front), frente |
