Bon

¹

[ bon; French bawn ]

noun

1. Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.

Bon

²

[ bawn ]

noun

1. an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.

Bön

³

[ bohn ]

noun

1. a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.

Bon

¹

/ bɒn /

noun

1. Cape Bon
   a peninsula of NE Tunisia

Bon

²

/ bɔːn /

noun

1. Also calledFeast of LanternsFestival of Lanterns an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists
2. 1. the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest
   2. their religion

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bon¹

< Japanese, originally Urabon < Chinese version of Sanskrit ullambana literally, hanging upside down (a metaphor for the suffering brought on by physical desires)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bon¹

from Japanese bon , originally Urabon , from Sanskrit ullambana hanging upside down

Example Sentences

And the entire Bon Temps gang has gathered for a festive Thanksgiving dinner.

From The Daily Beast

What do Seth Rogen, Taylor Swift, and Jon Bon Jovi all have in common?

From The Daily Beast

Tom Cruise and Jon Bon Jovi constantly visited her when she was a little girl.

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This is the third new collection for Pallas, and it is selling in the Bon Marche.

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“Alas, mon bon Monsieur, it goes from bad to worse,” sighed the old man.

From Project Gutenberg

Mais on peut bien appeller vn voyage heureux, quand en fin on arrive bon port.

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Ledit Patriarche y alla, & avec vn truchement fit envers lui ce qui estoit de l'office d'un bon Pasteur.

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If the bon Dieu does not send you these vibrating inspirations, it is because you yourself have already conceived them!

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Que si la Royne vouloit qu'ils y allassent, on leur rendist leur argent, & qu'ils fissent ce que bon leur sembleroit.

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