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yon¹

  • /jɒn/ UK
  • /jɑn/ US

Sounds like yawn (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒn

Where it comes from

From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener.

determiner

  1. dated, dialectal Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there. He went to climb yon hill.

adverb

  1. dated, dialectal, not comparable yonder.

pronoun

  1. dated, dialectal That one or those over there. As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be about us' Jean, was not yon an awfu' speech o' our bairn's to young Jock Allanson last night?"

yon²

phrase

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of yarn over needle.yarn over needle Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […]

Yon³

proper noun Yons

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname.

Yon⁴

Where it comes from

From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ).

proper noun Yons

  1. A surname from French.

Yon⁵

Where it comes from

From Korean 연(延) (Yeon), 연(燕) (Yeon), 연(連) (Yeon), or 연(淵) (Yeon).

proper noun Yons · Yeon · Yŏn · Yong

  1. A surname from Korean.

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