Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wan \Wan\, obs. imp. of {Win}.
   Won. --Chaucer.

Wan \Wan\, a. [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid,
   perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor,
   strive. See {Win}.]
   Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
   ``Sad to view, his visage pale and wan.'' --Spenser.

         My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. --Chaucer.

         Why so pale and wan, fond lover?         --Suckling.

         With the wan moon overhead.              --Longfellow.

Wan \Wan\, n.
   The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.]

         Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.      --Tennyson.

Wan \Wan\, v. i.
   To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. ``All his
   visage wanned.'' --Shak.

         And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with
         despair.                                 --Tennyson.

Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Won}, Obs. {Wan}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Winning}.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor,
   fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen
   to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle,
   Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw.
   vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain,
   conquer. [root]138. Cf. {Venerate}, {Winsome}, {Wish},
   {Wont}, a.]
   1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to
      obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win
      the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to
      win a country. ``This city for to win.'' --Chaucer. ``Who
      thus shall Canaan win.'' --Milton.

            Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and
            wins the course.                      --Dryden.

   2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or
      obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.

            Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

            She is a woman; therefore to be won.  --Shak.

   3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor,
      friendship, or support of; to render friendly or
      approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.

   4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
      [Archaic]

            Even in the porch he him did win.     --Spenser.

            And when the stony path began, By which the naked
            peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond.

   Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See {Gain}.

Source : WordNet®

WAN
     n : a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local
         area network [syn: {wide area network}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

WAN
     
        {Wide Area Network}