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tian¹

Where it comes from

From French, from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

noun tians

  1. An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
  2. A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.

Tian²

Where it comes from

The pinyin romanization of Mandarin 田 (Tián).

proper noun Tians · Tien · T'ien

  1. A surname.

Tian³

Where it comes from

The pinyin romanization of Mandarin 天 (Tiān).

proper noun Tien · T'ien

  1. Chinese Synonym of Heaven: simultaneously conceived as the Heavens, Nature, and an anthropomorphic supreme God. ...‘Heaven’ as we use it throughout the book is only a convenient but inaccurate translation of the Chinese character tian. Heaven in Chinese religions as well as in the Confucian tradition has multidimensional implications... In its metaphysical and physical connotation, Heaven... refers to... Natu

    Similar: Heaven

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Closest in meaning: field, jeon, tin, shan, ting, amateur, athletics, jun, kaye, qiao, yamada, toyota, tien, chun, zhi, tajine

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

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@misc{tian_2026,
  title = {tian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}