Bunyan

American  

[buhn-yuhn] / ˈbʌn jən /

noun

1. John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim's Progress.

2. Paul. Paul Bunyan.

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Bunyan British  

/ ˈbʌnjən /

noun

1. John . 1628–88, English preacher and writer, noted particularly for his allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)

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Bunyan

And before that Muffler Man was done, Lee Woods had bought another one — a Paul Bunyan in Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Sitting in her living room, Jill Bunyan describes June as "bright as a button and easy to love."

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Back home on Arran, June's mother Jill Bunyan spoke to her daughter regularly.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Also: A statue of Paul Bunyan is going up in town — and in fact a 31-foot-tall Bunyan statue was unveiled in Bangor, Maine, in 1959.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

He wasn’t big, five seven and 132 pounds, but he had become the Paul Bunyan of Odessa, no story about him too tall, no feat too outlandish.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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