"Yon" meaning in English

See Yon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Yons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Yon (plural Yons)
  1. A male given name. Coordinate_terms (given name): Yan, Yohan
    Sense id: en-Yon-en-name-yDfLNrGi Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 13 31 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 17 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 29 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 19 28 26 Disambiguation of 'given name': 96 4
  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Yon-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 13 31 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 29 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 19 28 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Yons [plural]
Etymology: From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Yon}} French Yon, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Yon (plural Yons)
  1. A surname from French. Coordinate_terms: Saint Yon [surname], Saint-Yon [surname], St.-Yon [surname], St. Yon [surname], St-Yon [surname] Translations (French surname): Yon (French)
    Sense id: en-Yon-en-name-gVOdYfSv Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 13 31 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 29 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 19 28 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: Yons [plural], Yeon [alternative], Yŏn [alternative], Yong [alternative]
Etymology: From Korean 연(延) (Yeon), 연(燕) (Yeon), 연(連) (Yeon), or 연(淵) (Yeon). Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (Korean name)}}, {{bor|en|ko|-}} Korean Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Yon (plural Yons)
  1. A surname from Korean. Translations (Korean surname): (Yeon) (alt: ) (Korean), (Yeon) (alt: ) (Korean), (Yeon) (alt: ) (Korean), (Yeon) (alt: ) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-Yon-en-name-qe3-kOiv Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Korean translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 13 31 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 29 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 19 28 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 18 10 13 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "French surname",
          "word": "Yon"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "roman": "Yeon",
          "sense": "Korean surname",
          "word": "연"
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    {
      "alt": "延",
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      "alt": "燕",
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    },
    {
      "alt": "連",
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      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "Yeon",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "연"
    },
    {
      "alt": "淵",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "Yeon",
      "sense": "Korean surname",
      "word": "연"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Yon"
}

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