See also: dean, déan, deán, and dèan

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Dean (countable and uncountable, plural Deans)

  1. A title afforded to a dean.
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Middle English from Middle English dene “valley”.
  3. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname or originating as an occupation derived from the title.
  4. A placename:
    1. Any of various villages and hamlets in England:
      1. A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0725).
      2. A hamlet in Kentisbury parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6245). [1]
      3. A hamlet in West Down parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5042). [2]
      4. A hamlet in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, east Dorset (OS grid ref ST9715). [3]
      5. A hamlet in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5619). [4]
      6. A hamlet in Sparsholt parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4431). [5]
      7. A hamlet in Spelsbury parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3422).
      8. A hamlet in Cranmore parish, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6744).
    2. A small township in the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia.
    3. A small community in the Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.
      2. An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
      3. A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
      4. A township and village therein, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
      5. A minor city in Clay County, Texas.

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