San

Definitions

1. Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
   ethnic, offensive, plural, plural-only, regional, slur
2. Any of the languages spoken by these people.
3. A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
4. Acronym of storage area network.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
5. An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.
6. A sanatorium.
   dated, informal
7. Initialism of Straight Arrow News.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. Abbreviation of South African.
   abbreviation, alt-of
9. Acronym of system area network.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
10. Acronym of Subject Alternative Name.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
11. Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
12. Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer or sytrene acrylonitrile copolymer.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
13. Acronym of sinoatrial node.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San."”

“‘I was in the san for ten months before the war. I know⟳ all the gen about being sick.’”

“River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San" at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.”

“SAN asked Sanger if, instead of allowing more sources that are deemed less reliable by media watchdogs, they should make⟳ the standards stricter and ban more outlets that have⟳ a lower reliability rating.”

“On average it is possible that an Afrikaner is more racist than an Anglo white SAn, I have⟳ met many racist white English South Africans.”

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