"Eoan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /iːˈəʊən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /iˈoʊən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eoan.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊən Etymology: From either of the following: * Learned borrowing from Late Latin ēōus (“dawn; rising sun”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives). Ēōus is derived from Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”). * Eos (“Greek goddess of the dawn”) + -an. Eos is derived from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Greek goddess of the dawn”), from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”): see above. cognates * Portuguese eoo Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|dawn}} sense 1, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ews-|id=dawn}}, {{lbor|en|LL.|ēōus|t=dawn; rising sun}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin ēōus (“dawn; rising sun”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{m|en|-an|pos=suffix forming adjectives}} -an (suffix forming adjectives), {{m|LL.||Ēōus}} Ēōus, {{der|en|grc|ἠώς|t=dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east}} Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂ews-|t=dawn; east}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”), {{suffix|en|Eos|an|t1=Greek goddess of the dawn}} Eos (“Greek goddess of the dawn”) + -an, {{m|en||Eos}} Eos, {{der|en|grc|Ἠώς|t=Greek goddess of the dawn}} Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Greek goddess of the dawn”), {{m|grc|ἠώς|t=dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east}} ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”), {{cog|pt|eoo}} Portuguese eoo Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Eoan (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the dawn. Tags: archaic, not-comparable, poetic Categories (topical): Day Synonyms: auroral, aurorean, dilucular, eoan Related terms: Eos, eosin, dawnlike, matinal, matitudinal, matutinal, matutinary [US, rare], matutine Translations (relating to the dawn): aamunkoitteen [genitive] (Finnish), зо́рен (zóren) (Macedonian), awroraidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Eoan-en-adj-en:dawn Disambiguation of Day: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'relating to the dawn': 100 0
  2. Relating to the east; eastern. Tags: archaic, not-comparable, poetic
    Sense id: en-Eoan-en-adj-~BdCHz0q

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    }
  ],
  "word": "Eoan"
}

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