maun

American  

[mahn, mawn] / mɑn, mɔn /

(unstressed) man

auxiliary verb

Scot.

1. must.

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maun British  

/ mʌn, mɔːn, mɑːn /

verb

1. a dialect word for must 1

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Etymology

Origin of maun

1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) man < Old Norse man, earlier mun “must, shall, will”

Example Sentences

The rivers affected include the Trent, Maun, and Leen, and the agency said the areas most at risk were low-lying agricultural land, roads, and footpaths close to small rivers and streams.

From BBC

Irene Maun Sigrah, a local Marshallese leader and a community health care worker, said Dubuque’s population of these Pacific Islanders has been tragically hard hit.

From Washington Times

“Elephants have killed a lot of people and destroyed livelihoods. I think government is doing the right thing in reducing their numbers,” said Tiro Segosebe, a Gaborone resident whose home village of Maun is one of the areas most affected by the human-wildlife conflict.

From Reuters

There’s a lot of sickness – malaria, tuberculosis, elephantiasis, chronic malnutrition, says a village leader, Robert Maun.

From The Guardian

While it is possible to simply fly to a few places — Arusha, Tanzania, or Maun, Botswana — and rent a car to take off into the countryside, few people want to risk being alone on unmarked dirt roads patrolled by hyenas, cheetahs and lions.

From New York Times