Kazan

See also: kazan, kazán, kazań, Kazań, Kazán, and Kazaň

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian Каза́нь (Kazánʹ).

Proper noun

Kazan

  1. The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
  2. (historical) the Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552.
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Etymology 2

Various origins:

  • Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, Jewish cantor), an occupational surname.
  • Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (kettle, boiler, cauldron).
  • Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word.

Proper noun

Kazan (plural Kazans)

  1. A surname.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Kazan is the 39052nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Kazan is most common among White (91.31%) individuals.

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