Bona

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bona¹

  • /ˈbəʊnə/

Sounds like boner (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -əʊnə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus.

adjective more bona · most bona · bonar

  1. Polari Good. SANDY: Oh, get him! The vanity of the man. Well, p'raps not Nelson then. How about reproductions of great masterpieces? JULIAN: A bona idea. Now, let me see...

adverb more bona · most bona · bonar

  1. Polari Well. Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.

Bona²

proper noun

  1. The former name of Annaba, Algeria.

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