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yon

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/jɒn/UK/jɑn/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *jainaz✻
  2. inherited from ġeon
  3. inherited from yon

Definitions

  1. Distant, but within sight

    Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.

    • He went to climb yon hill.
    • Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
    • "[…] Yet first let me close yonder shutters; the slanting rain is beating through the sash. I will bar up." "Are you mad? Know you not that yon iron bar is a swift conductor? Desist."

  2. yonder.

  3. That one or those over there.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Acronym of yarn over needle.

      • Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […]

    2. A male given name.

    3. A surname.

    4. A surname from French.

    5. A surname from Korean.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA