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Duan

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.

    "Till what is call'd, in Ossian, the fifth Duan"

  2. 2
    A poem or song.

Etymology

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

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