Real Dictionary

-an
suffix: -an is added to the names of some places in order to form adjectives or nouns that refer to people or things which come from that place.

-an in American English
(one) belonging to or having some relation to
suffix: a suffix occurring originally in adjectives borrowed from Latin, formed from nouns denoting places (Roman; urban) or persons (Augustan), and now productively forming English adjectives by extension of the Latin pattern. Attached to geographic names, it de

-an in British English
suffix: belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from

A.N. in American English
abbreviation: Anglo-Norman

an
determiner: An is used instead of 'a', the indefinite article, in front of words that begin with vowel sounds.

AN in American English
abbreviation: Anglo-Norman

an in American English 1
one; one sort of
the form of a before an initial vowel sound (an arch; an honor) and sometimes, esp. in British English, before an initial unstressed syllable beginning with a silent or weakly pronounced h (an historian)
noun: the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu

an in American English 2
conjunction: and
the chemical symbol for: actinon

an in American English 3
abbreviation: in the year

AN in British English
abbreviation for: Anglo-Norman
adjective: relating to the Norman conquerors of England, their society, or their language
noun: a Norman inhabitant of England after 1066

an in British English 1
determiner: a form of the indefinite article used before an initial vowel sound
noun: the Sumerian sky god

an in British English 2
conjunction
the chemical symbol for: actinon

an- in American English 1
a-2 (sense 3)
prefix: a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means “not,” “without,” “lacking” ( anarchy; anecdote); used in the formation of compound words

an- in American English 2
ad-
prefix

an- in American English 3
prefix

an- in British English
prefix: not; without

an. in American English
in the year