(van) noun
1. A large covered wagon or vehicle, for removing furniture, household goods, etc.; a caravan.
2. Brit. A closed railway car for luggage, etc.; also, a vehicle, open or covered, used for carrying light goods. [Short for CARAVAN]

(van) noun
1. An advance guard, as of an army, or foremost division of a fleet.
2. The leaders of a movement; those at the front of any line or unit. [Short for VANGUARD]

(van) noun
A fan or winnowing machine; hence, a wing. [Dial. var. of FAN¹]

(vän) prep. Dutch
Of; from: used with Dutch family names, originally designating where the family came from or received its name.

(vän)
Singular of VANIR.

(vän)
A town on the eastern shore of Lake Van (1,453 square miles) in eastern Turkey in Asia.