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English word origin

Etymology of Kazan

Borrowed from Russian Каза́нь (Kazánʹ).

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Source etymology 1

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The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. · A former governate in Russia, existing from 1708 to 1920. Capital: Kazan. · the Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552.

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Borrowed from Russian Каза́нь (Kazánʹ).

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Source etymology 2

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A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname. * Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”). * Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word.

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