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Gaon¹

  • /ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/
  • /ɡɑːˈ(ʔ)oʊn/
  • /ɡɔɪn/
  • [ɡɔʏn]
  • [ɡœʏn]
  • /ˈɡeɪɑn/
  • /ˈɡeɪən/

Where it comes from

From Hebrew גָּאוֹן (ga'ón, “grandeur, majesty, genius”).

noun Gaonim · Geonim · Gaons

  1. Judaism, historical A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia 1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=5mR5jX70oqwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=efbu3LMM7kVUrIzfWghTlqOeIXQ The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses.

gaon²

noun gaonim · gaons · geonim

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gaon

gaon³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi गांव (gāmv).

noun gaons

  1. India A village.

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"gaon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gaon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gaon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gaon

Chicago

"gaon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gaon.

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@misc{gaon_2026,
  title = {gaon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gaon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}