Definitions for solan

solan so·lan

Spelling: [soh-luh n]
IPA: /ˈsoʊ lən/

Solan is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in solan (alnos).

Definitions for solan

noun

  1. a gannet.

Origin of solan

1400-50; late Middle English soland Old Norse sūla gannet + ǫnd duck

Examples for solan

On the same authority I learn that a solan goose, or gannet, has been known to visit this stream.

How could he expect a blessing on a boat bought as he had bought The solan?

It might be a diver or a solan goose with outspread wings, but it looked too large.

“The solan” was put in thorough order, and loaded with a coasting cargo.

I walked to the tide-beaten beach and watched the solan Goose in search of a retreat from the destroyer, man.

The solan had been driven upon the Quarr rocks, and she was a total wreck.

Gannet, gan′et, n. a web-footed fowl found in the northern seas, the best-known of which is the solan goose.

The flesh of the solan goose is deprived in a similar manner of its naturally rank and fishy flavour.

In severe winters, flocks of solan geese, locally denominated "barnacles," frequent the shores.

It pastures a few sheep, and is a great breeding-place of solan geese.

Word Value for solan
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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