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Look up: Van

  1. Van
    Van is a city on the shores of Lake Van in Turkey. Van is a city in Van Zandt County Texas, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. VAN
    VAN is an abbreviation for Value Added Network (e.g. Tymnet, Telenet, etc)
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. VAN
    Value added network.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  4. van
    [n] - (British) a camper equipped with living quarters 2. [n] - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. VAN
    Value Added Network
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  6. VAN
    Value-Added Network: a packet switched network offering special services e.g. protocol conversion, data store and forward.
    Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.

  7. VAN
    Value Added Network
    Found on

  8. VAN
    Vaccine Awareness Network
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/~mlshams/acrony

  9. Van
    Van noun [ Abbrev. from vanguard .] The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle. « Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear, Stream in the air.» Milton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/5

  10. Van
    Van noun [ Cornish.] (Mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/5

  11. Van
    Van transitive verb (Mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel. Raymond.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/5

  12. Van
    Van noun [ Abbreviated from caravan .] 1. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods. [ Eng.] 2. A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition. 3. A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car , 2. [ Eng.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/5

  13. Van
    Van noun [ Latin vannus a van, or fan for winnowing grain: confer French van . Confer Fan , Van a wing Winnow .] 1. A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain. 2. [ Old French vanne , French vanneau beam feather (cf. Italian vanno a wing) from Latin vannus . See Etymology above.] A wing with which th ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/5

  14. Van
    Van transitive verb [ Confer French vanner to winnow, to fan. See Van a winnowing machine.] To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow. [ Obsolete] Bacon.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/5

  15. van
    The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle. 'Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear, Stream in the air.' (Milton) ... Origin: Abbrev. Fr. Vanguard. ... 1. A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain. ... 2. [OF. Vanne, F. Vanneau beam ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  16. van
    noun a truck with an enclosed cargo space
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. van
    noun a camper equipped with living quarters
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. Van
    A `van` is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a rather box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a Light Commercial Vehicle or LCV. However, in North America, the term may be used to refer to any truck with a rigid cargo body fixed to the cab, even up to large sizes. In the UK usage, it ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van

  19. Van
    • (n.) A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2. • (n.) A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain. • (v. t.) To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow. • (n.) The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  20. Van
    city, eastern Turkey. It lies on the eastern shore of Lake Van at an altitude of about 5,750 feet (1,750 metres). The city lies in an oasis at the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/5

  21. Van
    Van is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `God is Gracious` Where is it used? The name Van is mainly used In Other languages.If it`s too long people might use In Russian, Czech, Serbian and In Croatian: Ivan In English: VanceSee also In Russian and In Ukrainian: Ivanna In Russian: Vanya In English and In the bible: John In Czech, Serbia
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Van

  22. Van
    Van (vän) , city (1990 pop. 153,525), capital of Van prov., E Turkey, near the eastern shore of Lake Van, at an altitude of 5,659 ft (1,725 m). It is the trade center for a fruit- and grain-growing region. Van was the cradle of an ancient Armenian civilization. It was the capital of the old Van...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A085


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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