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Yes. The word duan is a Scrabble US word. The word duan is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (1 found)

DUAN,

3-letter words (3 found)

AND,DAN,DUN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AD,AN,DA,NA,NU,UN,

You can make 10 words from duan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of duan

duan udan daun adun uadn audn duna udna dnua ndua unda nuda danu adnu dnau ndau andu nadu uand aund unad nuad anud naud

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Definitions and meaning of duan

duan

Etymology

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

Noun

duan (plural duans)

  1. A division of a poem, especially an epic poem or a Scottish poem; a canto.
  2. A poem or song.

References

  • “duan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Danu, Duna, Düna

Albanian

Verb

duan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of dua

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈduan]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -uan
  • Hyphenation: du‧an

Adjective

duan

  1. accusative singular of dua

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠuən̪ˠ/, /d̪ˠuənˠ/

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, nominative plural duanta)

  1. poem
  2. song

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

duan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of duān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of duǎn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of duàn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old Frisian

Verb

duān

  1. Alternative spelling of dwā

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Celtic *daunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪uən/

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, plural duain)

  1. poem
  2. song

Synonyms

  • dàn, òran

Source: wiktionary.org