sedan
/səˈdæn/ · noun
Meaning
- An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
- An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space.
- A handbarrow for transporting fish.
- A commune in Ardennes department, France, notable as the site of two major battles between France and Germany.
- A rural town in Mid Murray council area, South Australia, 100 kilometres east of Adelaide, believed to be named by Lutheran settlers after Sedan, France.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
- A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas. Named after the Battle of Sedan.
- A township in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
- A former community in South Arm Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Pope County, Minnesota.
- A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico, named after Sedan, Kansas.
Etymology / origin
The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.
- sedes(Latin)→
- sede(Italian)→
- sedan (English)
- Relations: der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- седан(Bulgarian) (bor)
- sedan(Dutch) (bor)
- sedan(Finnish) (bor)
- セダン(Japanese) (bor)
- sedã(Portuguese) (bor)
- sedán(Spanish) (bor)
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