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
* Second E ...
.
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 (; ; ; in Maceda, Ourense, Galicia, Spain – July 16, 1509, in Kochi, India) was a Galician-born explorer in the service of Portugal. He is credited as the discoverer of Ascension and Saint Helena islands.
The Juan de Nova ...
), Spanish explorer, 1460–1509
* (born 1946), Spanish politician
See also
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João
João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to 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 t ...
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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''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philip ...
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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 Xoán de Río is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca
A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, ...
, a municipality in Galicia (Spain)
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San Juan (disambiguation) San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, ...
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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), Igreja de São Roque (Lisbon), Church of São Roque, Lisbon
Places
Brazil
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Alternate forms for the name John
John ( ) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin.
The English form is from Middle English ''Ioon'', ''Ihon'', ''Iohn, Jan'' (mid-12c.), itself from Old French ''Jan'', ''Jean'', ''Jehan'' (Modern French ''Jean ( ...
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Xoana (disambiguation)
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Galician masculine given names