San 1 (sän) A river, about 435 km (270 mi) long, of southeast Poland flowing generally north-northwest from the Carpathian Mountains to the Vistula River.San 2 (sän)n. pl. San or Sans 1. A member of a traditionally nomadic hunting people of southwest Africa.2. Any of the Khoisan languages of the San. In both senses also called Bushman.[Nama : sáà, to pick up from the ground, gather + -n, common gender pl. suff.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.san (sæn) nold-fashioned informal short for sanatoriumSan (s??n) n1. (Peoples) an aboriginal people of southern Africa2. (Languages) a group of the Khoisan languages, spoken mostly by Bushmen3. (Peoples) a group of the Khoisan languages, spoken mostly by BushmenSan (s??n) n (Placename) a river in E central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing northwest across SE Poland to the Vistula River. Length: about 450 km (280 miles)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014San (s?n) n., pl. Sans, (esp. collectively) San. 1. a member of any of a group of physically distinctive, short-statured peoples of S Africa, traditionally dependent on hunting and foraging for subsistence. 2. the Khoisan languages of the San. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.