"Yun" meaning in English

See Yun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Yuns [plural], Yün [alternative]
Etymology: From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 妘 (Yún). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|妘|tr=Yún}} Chinese 妘 (Yún) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Yun (plural Yuns)
  1. A surname from Mandarin. Translations (Translations): (Yún) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Yun-en-name-FLxmAR-a Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Chinese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 24 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 22 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Yuns [plural]
Etymology: From Korean 윤 (Yun), from 윤 (yun, “governor, official”). Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (Korean surname)}}, {{bor|en|ko|윤|tr=Yun}} Korean 윤 (Yun) Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Yun (plural Yuns)
  1. A surname from Korean. Related terms: Yoon [alternative] Translations (Translations): (Yun) (Korean), (Yun) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-Yun-en-name-qe3-kOiv Categories (other): English surnames, Terms with Korean translations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: Yuns [plural]
Etymology: From Khmer យុន (Yun). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|km|យុន|tr=Yun}} Khmer យុន (Yun) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Yun (plural Yuns)
  1. A surname from Khmer. Translations (Translations): យុន (Yun) (Khmer)
    Sense id: en-Yun-en-name-KIfcPjtj Categories (other): English surnames, Terms with Khmer translations Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 23 9 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "word": "យុន"
    }
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}

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