Bon
1Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Also called Ras Addar.
Other definitions for Bon (2 of 3)
an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.
Origin of Bon
2- Also called Feast of Lanterns .
Other definitions for Bön (3 of 3)
a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.
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British Dictionary definitions for Bon (1 of 2)
/ (bɔːn) /
Also called: Feast of Lanterns, Festival of Lanterns an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists
the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest
their religion
Origin of Bon
1British Dictionary definitions for Bon (2 of 2)
/ (bɒn) /
Cape Bon a peninsula of NE Tunisia
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