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How to pronounce wan in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pale, pallid
Derivation wanness


her wan face suddenly flushed.
Type Words
Synonyms pale, pallid, sick


the pale (or wan) stars.
the wan light of dawn.
Type Words
Synonyms wide area network
Type of computer network
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Type of sicken, come down
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a wan smile.

Examples of wan

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Tier 1 Helpdesk support for corporate customers who use WAN IP Based Networking.
From the jobview.monster.com
Wan Chai is a mostly working-to-middle class and metropolitan area of Hong Kong.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Assist in maintaining and upgrading servers and in both LAN and WAN environments.
From the jobview.monster.com
Even his wan stubble of fair beard fails to suggest so much as a hint of jawline.
From the theatlantic.com
Compared with these burnished stage pictures, the production's content seems wan.
From the washingtonpost.com
There comes a day when even the brightest sofa or armchair grows tired and wan.
From the guardian.co.uk
Wan Chai isn't yet known as a night-life destination, but that may be changing.
From the post-gazette.com
Harmony is the wan hope of age, the last dream to which it may reasonably aspire.
From the time.com
Many plants, even watered, look wan, because the heat is hot enough to bake them.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Wide area network: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
  • Become pale and sickly
  • Pale: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
  • Pale: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
  • Lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
  • (wanness) lividness: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
  • Wan is a village in the Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, situated between Daska, Sambrial and Wazirabad.
  • (Wanness) Pallor is a reduced amount of oxyhemoglobin in skin or mucous membrane, a pale color which can be caused by illness, emotional shock or stress, stimulant use, lack of exposure to sunlight, anemia or genetics. It is more evident on the face and palms. ...
  • WANS (1280 AM) is a talk radio station located in Anderson, South Carolina. The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast with 5 kW. during the daytime and 1 kW. directional at night.