Ivan
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈaɪ.vən/, /ɪˈvɑːn/, /ˈivɑːn/
Proper noun
  1. A male given name of English speakers.
    • 2010 Kate Atkinson, Started Early, took My Dog, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385608022, page 66:
      Amy's husband was called Ivan. Ivan the Terrible, Barry always called him, naturally. 'Ivan? What kind of name is that?' he said to Tracy after Amy's engagement was announced. 'Bloody Russian.'
      'Actually, I think it's because he had a Norwegian grandfather', Tracy said.
      'Norwegian?' Barry said incredulously, as if she'd just announced that Ivan's family came from the moon.
  2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Иван.
  3. (slang) A Russian.
  4. (slang) Russians (collectively, personified).
    Ivan is planning an attack on our flank.
  5. (slang, archaic) A Soviet.
  6. (slang, archaic) Soviets (collectively, personified).
Translations Proper noun
  1. A male given name of Welsh origin.
    • 1833 George Newenham Wright, Scenes in North Wales, T. T. and J. Tegg, page 137:
      Dafydd ap Ivan ap Einion, an adherent to the house of Lancaster held out, in Harlech Castle, for nine years after the accession of Edward the Fourth to the throne of England.



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