Caban

See also: caban

English

Proper noun

Caban (plural Cabans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Caban is the 5791^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5974 individuals. Caban is most common among Hispanic/Latino (82.12%) and White (13.42%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Nacba

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French caban, from Sicilian gabbanu, Italian gabbano, from Spanish gabán, from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ), from Middle Persian kpʾh (kabāh, “garment, cloak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈbɑ̃ː]

• Audio:

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Noun

Caban m (strong, genitive Cabans, plural Cabans)

1. pea coat

Declension

Declension of Caban [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Caban	die	Cabans
genitive	eines	des	Cabans	der	Cabans
dative	einem	dem	Caban	den	Cabans
accusative	einen	den	Caban	die	Cabans

Further reading

• “Caban” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

From czaban ("shepherd", "large ox", "large ram") or caban ("merchant", "peddler").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.ban/
• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: Ca‧ban

Proper noun

Caban m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Caban

	singular	plural
nominative	Caban	Cabanowie
genitive	Cabana	Cabanów
dative	Cabanowi	Cabanom
accusative	Cabana	Cabanów
instrumental	Cabanem	Cabanami
locative	Cabanie	Cabanach
vocative	Cabanie	Cabanowie

Proper noun

Caban f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡saban]

Proper noun

Caban m pers (female equivalent Cabanová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Caban (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Caban	Cabanovia	Cabanovci
genitive	Cabana	Cabanov	Cabanovcov
dative	Cabanovi	Cabanom	Cabanovcom
accusative	Cabana	Cabanov	Cabanovcov
locative	Cabanovi	Cabanoch	Cabanovcoch
instrumental	Cabanom	Cabanmi	Cabanovcami

Further reading

• “Caban”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025