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won

1 American  
[wuhn] / wʌn /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of win.

won 2 American  
[wuhn, woon, wohn] / wʌn, wʊn, woʊn /

verb (used without object)

Archaic.
wonned, wonning

  1. to dwell; abide; stay.

won 3 American  
[won] / wɒn /

noun

plural

won

  1. a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.

won 1 British  
/ wɒn /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of North Korea, divided into 100 chon

  2. the standard monetary unit of South Korea, divided into 100 chon

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won 2 British  
/ wʌn /

verb

  1. the past tense of win 1

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won 3 British  
/ wʊn, wəʊn, wʌn /

verb

  1. archaic (intr) to live or dwell

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Etymology

Origin of won2

before 900; Middle English wonen, Old English wunian; cognate with German wohnen; wont

Origin of won3

First recorded in 1915–20; from Korean wǒn, Korean pronunciation of the Japanese character pronounced as en, yen “coin, round coin, yen,” from Middle Chinese wian “round, circular,” equivalent to Chinese yuán yuan

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