Bon

¹

[bon, 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

/ bɔːn /

noun

1. Also called: Feast of Lanterns.  Festival of Lanterns. an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists

2. 1. the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest

   2. their religion

Bon

²

/ bɒn /

noun

1. a peninsula of NE Tunisia

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

Chop up two-thirds of the dialogue into bon mots and it’d make a great book of inspirational quotes, the sort of thing a thoughtful auntie would slip into a kid’s stocking at Christmas.

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Candy Warehouse offers a wide variety of treats, ranging from popular Asian-brand sweets such as Hi-Chew, Mentos and Pocky biscuit sticks, to fruit-flavored Bon Bons and peanut brittle.

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Condé Nast, which owns the New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Bon Appétit, is embracing flashy events, paywalls and other revenue sources as it carves out a new model.

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“How could a woman know how to prepare a royal meal?” asks a palace cook in Netflix’s “Bon Appetit, Your Majesty.”

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“Bon Appetit, Your Majesty” delights in trotting out Yeon’s modern, European know-how, ranging from whipping up vibrant-hued macarons to maintaining meat’s juiciness through sous vide cooking.

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