Xoán is
Galician for
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Seco ...
.
Notable people with the name include:
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Xoán Paredes Xoán M. Paredes (; born in 1975) is a Galician geographer, teacher and ordained druid (head of the organized Galician druidic movement).
Paredes is a ''licenciado'' in Geography by the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), where he stu ...
(born in 1975), Galician geographer
* Xoán de Novoa (
João da Nova
João da Nova ( gl, Xoán de Novoa, Joam de Nôvoa; es, Juan de Nova; ; born c. 1460 in Maceda, Ourense, Galicia; died July 16, 1509 in Kochi, India) was a Portuguese-Galician explorer of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the service of Portuga ...
), Spanish explorer, 1460–1509
* (born 1946), Spanish politician
See also
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João
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.
Kings ...
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John (disambiguation)
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
*
Juan
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish ...
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Xohán de Cangas Johan de Cangas (or ''Xohan de Cangas'' in an anachronistically modernized Galician form) was a ''jograr'' or non-noble troubadour, probably active during the thirteenth century. He seems to have been from—or associated with – Cangas do Morrazo, ...
, a jograr or troubadour, around the thirteenth century
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San Xoán de Río
San Juan de Río is a municipality in the Ourense province of Galicia, an Autonomous Community in northwestern Spain. It is located in the north of the province. Named after Saint John (San Xoán), the local patron. The village of Domecelle
Dom ...
, a municipality in Galicia (Spain)
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San Juan (disambiguation) San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), a ...
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São João (disambiguation) São João, Portuguese for "Saint John", may refer to:
Architecture
* Forte de São João (disambiguation)
*Capela de São João Batista (Chapel of St. John the Baptist), Church of São Roque, Lisbon
Places
Brazil
* Barra de São João, Casimir ...
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Alternate forms for the name John
Other language forms for the name John:
* Chon
* Dzon, Džon (Congolese, Serbian)
* Ean (Manx)
* Eóin ( Irish)
* Evan (Welsh)
* Ganix ( Basque)
* Giăng ( Vietnamese, Protestant )
* Giannina ( Italian)
* Gioan ( Vietnamese, Catholic ) ...
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Xoana (disambiguation)
Xoana is a Galician feminine given name. It can be a variant of Jane/ Joanna or the female form of Xoán.
Notable people with the name include:
* Xoana Iacoi
Xoana Soledad Iacoi (born 3 June 1992) is an Argentine handball player for Cideco H ...
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Galician masculine given names