wan

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wan /wɒn/

▶adjective (of a person) pale and appearing ill or exhausted.

■ (of light) pale; weak.

■ (of a smile) lacking enthusiasm.

– derivatives
wanly adverb,
wanness /ˈwɒnnɪs/ noun.

– origin OE wann ‘dark, black’, of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
WAN/wan/

▶abbreviation

• 1 Computing wide area network.

• 2 Nigeria (international vehicle registration). [from West Africa Nigeria.]