# Golan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,257

## Definitions
1. A city in the Middle East, generally identified with modern-day Sahm el-Jaulān in Daraa governorate, Syria.
2. A region in the Middle East, in northwest Syria, under Israeli occupation since 1967; same as the Golan Heights.
3. A habitational surname from Hebrew.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹלָן (golán).

## Easily confused with
- **gold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-gold)
- **golf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-golf)
- **gown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-gown)
- **gran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-gran)
- **goon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-goon)
- **guan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-guan)
- **goya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-goya)
- **golds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-golds)
- **groan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-groan)
- **gulag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-gulag)
- **golem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-golem)
- **golly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-golly)
- **Gopal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-gopal)
- **Govan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-govan)
- **golden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-golden)
- **Gorman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-gorman)
- **Goldman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/golan-vs-goldman)
- **Goa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goa-vs-golan)
- **gan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gan-vs-golan)
- **GOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gol-vs-golan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ggolan`, `gloan`, `goaln`, `golann`, `gollan`, `golna`, `oglan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/golan