"ON" meaning in English

See ON in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} ON
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of Old Norse. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Old Norse Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-ON-en-name-l7jBgxyr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. Abbreviation of Ontario, a province of Canada. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Ontario (extra: a province of Canada)
    Sense id: en-ON-en-name-6TaoTQa2 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks

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