5-letter words that end in an
- javan — of or relating to Java or its inhabitants
- jawan — a soldier in the Indian army.
- jinan — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.
- kagan — Alternative spelling of khagan.
- kalan — (archaic) The sea otter.
- karan — Donna. born 1948, US fashion designer; creator of the DKNY clothing label
- kazan — Republic of, an autonomous republic in central Russia on the E European Plain, at the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers. 26,192 sq. mi. (67,836 sq. km). Capital: Kazan.
- kisan — (in India) a peasant.
- koban — old oval-shaped Japanese gold coin
- koran — the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- kuban — a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.
- kulan — the Asiatic wild ass of the Russian steppes, probably a variety of kiang or onager
- laban — the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- lacan — Jacques, 1901–81, French philosopher and psychoanalyst.
- lagan — anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- lauan — Philippine mahogany.
- leban — Coagulated sour milk diluted with water.
- leman — Lake. Geneva, Lake of.
- lexan — a polycarbonate resin, used in molded products, as a substitute for glass, etc.
- ligan — lagan.
- liman — a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- lipan — a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- liwan — iwan.
- logan — John or James (Tah-gah-jute) c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
- loran — a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- lowan — mallee fowl.
- lucan — (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- lukan — of or relating to the Evangelist Luke or to the Gospel of Luke.
- lyman — a male given name.
- mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- malan — Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- masan — a seaport in SE South Korea.
- mayan — of or relating to the Maya, their culture, or their languages.
- medan — a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- megan — a female given name.
- milan — an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- moran — An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.
- neman — a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- nisan — the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nolan — Michael Patrick, Baron. 1928–2007, British judge; chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–97)
- noman — Not a person; Not a human.
- nyman — Michael. born 1944, British composer; works include the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1986) and scores for films, including The Piano (1992) and several films by Peter Greenaway
- ocean — the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- octan — (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
- olean — a city in SW New York.
- organ — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- oscan — one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- osman — 1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- paean — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pagan — (no longer in technical use) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.