Joan
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释义与例句
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A placeholder or conventional name for any woman, particularly a younger lower-class woman.
古体 非正式 废旧Ber. O and I forsoth in loue, I that haue been loues whip?... Well, I will loue, write, sigh, pray, shue, grone, Some men must loue my Ladie, and some Ione.
‘Ioan in the darke is as good as my lady:’ Nay, perhapps better, such ladies there may bee.
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A kind of close-fitting cap for women popular in the mid-18th century.
古体 废旧
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A female given name from French, a feminine form of John.
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A male given name from Catalan, a form of John.
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词源
A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
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