יָוָן, יָוָון (b. h.) 1) pr. n. m. Javan, son of Japheth, progenitor of the Grecian tribes, in gen. Greek, Greece; מלכות) Greek (Syrian) Government. Targ. Gen. X, 2; a. e.—Targ. Y. Gen. XV, 12.—Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to איל משלש, Gen. XV, 9) זו י׳ this alludes to the Greek government (founded by Alexander the Great). Ib. כל רוחות כבשו בני י׳ וכ׳ in all directions did the Greeks conquer, except in the East. Esth. R. introd. בבקרה של י׳ when Greece (Syria) is in the ascendancy, v. בֹּקֶר; a. fr.—Denom. יְוָנִי, יְוָנָאָה.