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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAN, n. A title of honor equivalent to master; used by Shakspeare, Prior, etc., but now obsolete.

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Hebrew D?n Date: before 12th century a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel II. noun Etymology: Middle English, title of members of religious orders, from Anglo-French, from Latin dominus master Date: 13th century archaic master, sir III. abbreviation 1. Daniel 2. Danish IV. geographical name 1. river 180 miles (290 kilometers) S Virginia & N North Carolina flowing E into Roanoke River 2. village at N extremity of ancient Palestine

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 any of twelve degrees of advanced proficiency in judo. 2 a person who has achieved any of these. Etymology: Jap. 2. n. (in full dan buoy) a small buoy used as a marker in deep-sea fishing, or to mark the limits of an area cleared by minesweepers. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dan Dan, n. [OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame.] A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.] Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. --Spenser. What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. --Thomson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dan Dan, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Hitchcock Bible Dictionary

judgment; he that judges

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a judge. (1.) The fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel's maid (Gen. 30:6, "God hath judged me", Heb. dananni). The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, "Dan shall judge his people" (49:16), probably in allusion to the judgeship of Samson, who was of the tribe of Dan.

The tribe of Dan had their place in the march through the wilderness on the north side of the tabernacle (Num. 2:25, 31; 10:25). It was the last of the tribes to receive a portion in the Land of Promise. Its position and extent are described in Josh. 19:40-48.

The territory of Dan extended from the west of that of Ephraim and Benjamin to the sea. It was a small territory, but was very fertile. It included in it, among others, the cities of Lydda, Ekron, and Joppa, which formed its northern boundary. But this district was too limited. "Squeezed into the narrow strip between the mountains and the sea, its energies were great beyond its numbers." Being pressed by the Amorites and the Philistines, whom they were unable to conquer, they longed for a wider space. They accordingly sent out five spies from two of their towns, who went north to the sources of the Jordan, and brought back a favourable report regarding that region. "Arise," they said, "be not slothful to go, and to possess the land," for it is "a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth" (Judg. 18:10). On receiving this report, 600 Danites girded on their weapons of war, and taking with them their wives and their children, marched to the foot of Hermon, and fought against Leshem, and took it from the Sidonians, and dwelt therein, and changed the name of the conquered town to Dan (Josh. 19:47). This new city of Dan became to them a new home, and was wont to be spoken of as the northern limit of Palestine, the length of which came to be denoted by the expression "from Dan to Beersheba", i.e., about 144 miles.

"But like Lot under a similar temptation, they seem to have succumbed to the evil influences around them, and to have sunk down into a condition of semi-heathenism from which they never emerged. The mounds of ruins which mark the site of the city show that it covered a considerable extent of ground. But there remains no record of any noble deed wrought by the degenerate tribe. Their name disappears from the roll-book of the natural and the spiritual Israel.", Manning's Those Holy Fields.

This old border city was originally called Laish. Its modern name is Tell el-Kady, "Hill of the Judge." It stands about four miles below Caesarea Philippi, in the midst of a region of surpassing richness and beauty.

(2.) This name occurs in Ezek 27:19, Authorize Version; but the words there, "Dan also," should be simply, as in the Revised Version, "Vedan," an Arabian city, from which various kinds of merchandise were brought to Tyre. Some suppose it to have been the city of Aden in Arabia. (See MAHANEH-{DAN}.)

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	DAN
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	AEA
FAA District	DCA
State	VA
State	VIRGINIA
County	PITTSYLVANIA
County State	VA
City Name	DANVILLE
Full Name	DANVILLE REGIONAL
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"DANVILLE, VA 24543"
Elevation	571
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	CINCINNATI
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	03
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	E
Airport Certification Type and Date	I AU 05/1973
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGHVY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	040
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	005
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	003
Based Helicopters	000
Base Operational Gliders	000
Based Military Aircraft	000
Based Ultralight aircraft	000
Commercial Services	000000
Air Taxi	000000
General Aviation, Local Operations	015000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	015000
Military Aircraft Operations	000092
Latitude	36.5728611111
Longitude	-79.3361111111
State FIPS code	51
State Postal Code	VA
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	50
Version	09