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  Bon

  noun

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

  noun

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

Bon

¹ American  

[bon, bawn] / bɒn, bɔ̃ /

noun

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

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Bon ² American  

[bawn] / bɔn /

noun

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

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Bön ³ American  

[bohn] / boʊn /

noun

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

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Bon ¹ British  

/ 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

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Bon ² British  

/ bɒn /

noun

1. a peninsula of NE Tunisia

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Etymology

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)

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Example Sentences

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Bon Bön

Meanwhile, Jesse Bongiovi, son of rock musician Jon Bon Jovi, spent the 2013-2016 seasons as a walk-on defensive back at Notre Dame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The sons of Snoop Dogg, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jon Bon Jovi and John Mellencamp all gave big-time football the old college try.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home institution for unmarried mothers and their children was in operation from 1925 until 1961.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Singer Jon Bon Jovi has been reported to be visibly emotional on stage after recovering from throat surgery, which threatened his career in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

It was the probation, the durance; they all three accepted it; I dont believe there was ever any promise between Henry and Bon demanded or offered.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

Although it hardly comes within the scope of the present study, I may mention that there is also some non-Buddhist literature in Tibet, sometimes described as scriptures of the Bön religion and sometimes as folklore.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot

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