Schuppan

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginLower Sorbian župan ← Upper Sorbian župan ← Serbo-Croatian župan →
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Meanings

proper nounSchuppan (plural Schuppans)

plural Schuppans · alternative Supan · alternative Suppan · alternative Zupan · alternative Zuppan

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-Slavic*županъ
  2. Slovenežupan
  3. Serbo-Croatianžupan
  4. Upper Sorbianžupan
  5. Lower Sorbianžupan
  6. EnglishSchuppan

Germanized form of Župan, from Lower Sorbian župan, Upper Sorbian župan, Serbo-Croatian župan, and Slovene župan, all meaning "head of a district." Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).

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APA

Schuppan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schuppan

MLA

“Schuppan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schuppan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Schuppan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schuppan.

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