"Down" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /daʊn/
Rhymes: -aʊn Etymology: From Irish dún (“fortress, stronghold”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|dún||fortress, stronghold}} Irish dún (“fortress, stronghold”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Down
  1. One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, usually known as County Down. Categories (place): Places in Northern Ireland Derived forms: Down's syndrome, Down St Mary, Down syndrome, Hill of Down Translations (county in Northern Ireland): an Dún [masculine] (Irish), Contae an Dúin [masculine] (Irish), Да́ун (Dáun) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Down-en-name-HPMM3Eyd Categories (other): County Down, Northern Ireland, Traditional counties of Northern Ireland, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'county in Northern Ireland': 98 2
  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Down-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /ˈdawn/
Rhymes: -awn Head templates: {{head|it|adjective|invariable}} Down (invariable)
  1. (sometimes humorous or derogatory) Down (suffering of Down syndrome) Tags: derogatory, humorous, invariable, sometimes
    Sense id: en-Down-it-adj-PUc5DaOL Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|-}} Down f (uncountable)
  1. (informal) ellipsis of síndrome de Down Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: síndrome de Down

Alternative forms

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