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