Fon

[ fon ]

/ fɒn /

a member of a people living mainly in Benin.

the Kwa language, very closely related to Ewe, spoken by the Fon people.

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Examples from the Web for fon

Thåt rjucht thåt erost allêna glorade, skil than fon lêjar laja to-n logha wertha.
The Oera Linda Book|Anonymous
Fon êwa nilde hju navt nêta: hjra dêda wrdon thrvch hjra tochta stjvrat.
The Oera Linda Book|Anonymous
The next day gome de goachman: "Pray, sir, fon am I to ged the carriage ready?"
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume|Joseph Grego
These nouns are; bechi 'other,' fon 'one's own,' cazucazu 'many,' sama zama 'many ways.'
Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language|Diego Collado

His hunting-grounds extended to the river Broulé, at Fon du Lac; and he killed any one who dared to intrude on his district.
Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men|Anna Brownell Jameson