Van

noun5

1. •
   A province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority.
2. •
   A city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake.
3. •
   A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
4. •
   A Van cat.
5. •
   A Turkish Van cat.