san

noun

1. An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.
2. (dated, informal)A sanatorium.

   “"Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San."”

   “‘I was in the san for ten months before the war. I know all the gen about being sick.’”

   “River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San" at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.”

3. (ethnic, offensive, plural, plural-only, regional, slur)Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
4. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of storage area network.
5. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of system area network.
6. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of Subject Alternative Name.
7. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin.
8. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer or sytrene acrylonitrile copolymer.
9. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of sinoatrial node.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of South African.

    “On average it is possible that an Afrikaner is more racist than an Anglo white SAn, I have met many racist white English South Africans.”

name

1. Any of the languages spoken by these people.
2. A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Straight Arrow News.

   “SAN asked Sanger if, instead of allowing more sources that are deemed less reliable by media watchdogs, they should make the standards stricter and ban more outlets that have a lower reliability rating.”