Definitions for decan

decan dec·an

Spelling: [dek-uh n]
IPA: /ˈdɛk ən/

Decan is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in decan (acden).

Definitions for decan

noun

  1. any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.

Origin of decan

1400-50; late Middle English Late Latin decānus chief of ten; see dean1

Examples for decan

A third of a sign, a "decan," was 10 degrees of longitude, corresponding to the "week" of ten days used in Egypt and in Greece.

Thus there are at present four English renegadoes in the decan, besides many Portuguese.

In this country, in the kingdom of Adel Khan, and in the decan, those diamonds are found which are called of the old water.

The decan, at least the western part of it, belonged to Sind.

They bring it made into powder in tubes of cane; and it is worth a great deal in Narsinga, Malabar, and decan.

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