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San - Definition and Overview |
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- San (or santo) is the Spanish word for saint, as in San Francisco (Saint Francis) and San Diego. San is used as a title only, whereas santo is the regular usage (as in «él es un santo» or "he is a saint") or a title (as in Santo Domingo).
- San is another name for the Bushmen, an ethnic group living in South Africa and Botswana.
- In computing, a SAN is a storage area network.
- San is the fictional girl raised by a wolf goddess in Miyazaki Hayao's animated movie Princess Mononoke - the movie's title is a name by which she is also known.
- San is also a river in Southern Poland.
- San has various meanings in Japanese, some of which appear in English:
- Following a personal name, it is a title, akin to Mr., Ms, Miss, and Mrs. For example, Tanaka-san. The title is not gender specific and can follow just the surname, given name, or the entire full name. Other titles include -chan and -kun, which have different levels of formality.
- Following the name of a mountain, it means Mount. For example, Fuji-san.
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Example Usage of San |
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kivalendactivts: Laura, San Antonio TX, US has given loan amount of 2025 to Elbrus Rustamov, Agsu, Azerbaijan.
Reason: Purchase more items to sell |
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IlberyStep: Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Local Organizations Host ... http://cli.gs/sMvUj |
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nipple_slips: Stradling (San Angelo) posted a photo: female nipples.. http://bit.ly/8LxECi |
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