A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.

A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.

(geography) A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey lakes, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.

(geography) Van (a city on the shore of that lake, the capital of Van province, Turkey)

(geography) Van (a province of Turkey)

Abbreviation of Vancouver.

A Van cat.

A Turkish Van cat.

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

(Britain) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

(aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.

Clipping of vanguard.

(mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.

A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.

A wing with which the air is beaten.

(transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).

(Internet slang, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).

(mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.