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Bon

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[ bon; French bawn ]
/ bɒn; French bɔ̃ /
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noun
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
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Also called Ras Addar.

Other definitions for Bon (2 of 3)

Bon2
[ bawn ]
/ bɔn /

noun
an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.
Also called Feast of Lanterns .

Origin of Bon

2
<Japanese, originally Urabon<Chinese version of Sanskrit ullambana literally, hanging upside down (a metaphor for the suffering brought on by physical desires)

Other definitions for Bon (3 of 3)

Bön
[ bohn ]
/ boʊn /

noun
a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.
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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
  1. the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest
  2. their religion

Word Origin for 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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