Bon

[ bon; French bawn ]

noun

Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.

Also called Ras Addar.

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Other definitions for Bon (2 of 3)

Bon²

[ bawn ]

noun

an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.

Origin of Bon

<Japanese, originally Urabon<Chinese version of Sanskrit ullambana literally, hanging upside down (a metaphor for the suffering brought on by physical desires)

Also called Feast of Lanterns .

Other definitions for Bön (3 of 3)

Bön

[ bohn ]

noun

a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.

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How to use Bon in a sentence

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“Alas, mon Bon Monsieur, it goes from bad to worse,” sighed the old man.
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Mais on peut bien appeller vn voyage heureux, quand en fin on arrive Bon port.
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Ledit Patriarche y alla, & avec vn truchement fit envers lui ce qui estoit de l'office d'un Bon Pasteur.
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If the Bon Dieu does not send you these vibrating inspirations, it is because you yourself have already conceived them!
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Que si la Royne vouloit qu'ils y allassent, on leur rendist leur argent, & qu'ils fissent ce que Bon leur sembleroit.
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British Dictionary definitions for Bon (1 of 2)

Bon¹

/ (bɔːn) /

noun

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

from Japanese bon, originally Urabon, from Sanskrit ullambana hanging upside down

British Dictionary definitions for Bon (2 of 2)

Bon²

/ (bɒn) /

noun

Cape Bon a peninsula of NE Tunisia

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