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