PAN

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pan"

Translingual

Symbol

PAN

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Panama.

   Synonym: PA (alpha-2)

English

Proper noun

PAN

1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of Proto-Austronesian.

Noun

PAN (countable and uncountable, plural PANs)

1. Acronym of primary account number.
2. Acronym of personal area network.
3. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyacrylonitrile.
4. (organic chemistry) Initialism of peroxyacetyl nitrate.
5. (organic chemistry) Initialism of phenylacetonitrile.

   Synonyms: benzeneacetonitrile, benzylcyanide

   Hypernym: C8H7N

Usage notes

(primary account number): With reference to financial industry web sites, such as APACS, UK, this is simply the account number found embossed on plastic cards.

Anagrams

• -nap, ANP, NAP, NPA, PNA, nap

Indonesian

Proper noun

PAN

1. (Indonesian politics) Initialism of Partai Amanat Nasional (“National Mandate Party”).

Further reading

• PAN on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

Polish

PAN

Etymology

Initialism of Polska Akademia Nauk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: PAN
• Homophones: pan, Pan, pan-

Proper noun

PAN m inan (indeclinable, related adjective PAN-owski or panowski)

1. (education) Polish Academy of Sciences

Declension

Declension of PAN

	singular
nominative	PAN
genitive	PAN-u
dative	PAN-owi
accusative	PAN
instrumental	PAN-em
locative	PAN-ie
vocative	PAN-ie

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• PAN in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• PAN in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• PAN in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Noun

PAN m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil) Acronym of partido dos aposentados da nação.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpan/ [ˈpãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: PAN

Proper noun

PAN m

1. (Mexico, politics) Initialism of Partido Acción Nacional (“National Action Party”), a conservative political party.

Derived terms

• panismo
• panista