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duan^¹

Where it comes from

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”).

noun duans

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
A poem or song.

Duan^²

proper noun Duans

A surname.

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@misc{duan_2026,
  title = {duan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/duan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}