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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Van , city (1990 pop. 153,525), capital of Van prov., E Turkey, near the eastern shore of Lake Van , at an altitude of 5,659 ft (1,725 m). It is the trade center for a fruit- and grain-growing region. Van was the cradle of an ancient Armenian civilization. It was the capital of the old Vannic kingdom of Urartu or Ararat. The city fell to the Seljuk Turks (1071) and to the Ottoman Turks in 1543. Near the city is the mound of Toprakkale where excavations in the 19th cent. uncovered the remains of the town of Urartu. Many tablets with so-called Vannic inscriptions relating to early Armenian history were found. In 1939 archaeologists discovered fortifications and various materials dating from the 8th cent. BC Many of the Armenians living in the region were massacred by the Turks in 1895. Van suffered significant damage from an earthquake in 2011.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

van1 / van/ • n. a covered boxlike motor vehicle, typically having a rear door and sliding doors on the side panels, used for transporting goods or people. ∎  a covered truck used for moving goods, esp. furniture. ∎ Brit. a caravan. van2 • n. (the van) the foremost part of a company of people moving or preparing to move forward, esp. the foremost division of an advancing military force: in the van were the foremost chiefs and some of the warriors astride horses. ∎ fig. the forefront: he was in the van of the movement to encourage the cultivation of wildflowers. van3 • n. 1. archaic a winnowing fan. 2. archaic or poetic/lit. a bird's wing.

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Van, Turkey, USA Turkey: a lake, Van Gölü, named after the city of the same name on its eastern shore. The original name was Tushpa or Turushpa, the city being the capital of Urartu (see Armenia). It was renamed Bouana from the Persian hane ‘settlement’ from which the present name has evolved.
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Van

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Van

a company of troops moving forward; the forward section of such a company or train of persons, 1633.

Examples : van of armies, 1879; of circumstances, 1820; of insurgents, 1816; of the Celtic migrations, 1850; of the procession, 1878; of testimonies, 1772; of the war, 1716.
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

van n. (the van) the foremost part of a company of people moving or preparing to move forward, especially the foremost division of an advancing military force: in the van were the foremost chiefs and some of the warriors astride horses.
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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Van ♂ Short form of Ivan or Evan, as in the case of the American film actor Van Heflin (1910–71, born Emmett Evan Heflin) and the Northern Irish singer Van Morrison (b. 1945 as George Ivan Morrison).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Van." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

van1 winnowing basket or shovel XV; shovel used in testing ore, etc. XVII; (poet.) wing; sail of a windmill XIX. south, and western var. of FAN1, prob. reinforced by (O)F. van or L. vannus.
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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

van, the division of a fleet of warships which leads the line of battle. The word comes from vant, a corruption of the French avant, in front.
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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

VAN Abbrev. for value-added network. See VADS, managed data network service.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

van3 covered vehicle for conveying goods. XIX. Shortening of CARAVAN.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

van2 short for VANGUARD. XVII.
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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

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The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

van (væn) Tennis advantage
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