Rohan

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An East Indian timber tree. obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Sanskrit, of mainly Indian usage.
  3. 3
    A surname from Japanese.
  4. 4
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

Example

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"Isamu Kobayashi received the patronage of Rohan Koda."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from the present participial of Sanskrit रुह् (ruh, “"to ascend"”).

Etymology 3

A romanization of Japanese 露伴 or ろはん (Rohan).

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