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guan¹

  • /ɡwɑn/

Rhymes with -ɑn

Where it comes from

From American Spanish, from Kuna kwama.

noun guans

  1. Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas. The 'true' (Penelope) guans also occur at a range of altitudes but like most species of cracids, are mostly restricted to forest, both montane and lowland. Piping-guans (Pipile) are primarily lowland species, whereas numerous monospecific (single-species genus) taxa of guans (i.e. Aburria, Penelopin

Guan²

Where it comes from

From any of four Chinese surnames: 關／关 (guān), 官 (guān), 管 (guǎn), or 灌 (guàn).

proper noun Guans

  1. A surname.

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noun several birds within the family Cracidae

Portuguêsjacu

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"guan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/guan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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guan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/guan

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"guan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guan.

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@misc{guan_2026,
  title = {guan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}