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- San (letter), Greek letter between Pi and Qoppa
- -san San (Japanese honorific) used after a person's name, the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss
- san a Japanese word for "mountain", as in Fuji-san, an alternative name for Mount Fuji (unrelated to the honorific)
- Italian and Spanish masculine word for saint, in geographical names, as in San Francisco
- Korean noun for mountain
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