English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːn/

Proper noun

Sian

1. A female given name, an anglicisation of Siân.

Etymology 2

From Kurdish سيان

Proper noun

Sian

1. Alternative form of Siyan

Etymology 3

Chinese Postal Map Romanization (Peking Dialect)

Proper noun

Sian

1. Alternative form of Xi'an

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Sian

1. An endangered language spoken in the Belaga, Sarawak District in east Malaysia. It has no written form.

External links

• Ethnologue report for Sian language

Esperanto

Pronoun

sian

1. accusative singular of sia

Finnish

Noun

sian

1. Genitive singular form of sika.

Anagrams

• anis, nais, sain

Old Dutch

Etymology

From earlier *sean, *sehan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‎(“to see, notice”). Compare Old Saxon sehan, Old Frisian sīa, Old High German sehan, Old English sēon, Old Norse sjá.

Verb

sian

1. to see

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sien
  • Dutch: zien

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sian m ‎(genitive singular sìne, plural siantan)

1. (rough) weather, storm
2. anything, a thing

See also

• sìon