name
Meaning 1
A river in Thailand; in full, River Mun.
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Standard Lemma guide
mun
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Pronunciation
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/mʌn/
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CMU ARPABET: M AH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; in full, Mun River.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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Usage: countable
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name
Meaning 4
Abbreviation of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 5
The mouth, jaw.
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Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
man
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Usage: South-Africa, UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 7
The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
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Usage: Internet
Qualifier: roleplaying games
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Synonyms: roleplayer, RPer
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noun
Meaning 8
Abbreviation of model United Nations.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: education
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pron
Meaning 9
them
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Devon, UK, dialectal, obsolete
Qualifier: Somerset
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verb
Meaning 10
Must.
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Usage: Northern-English, auxiliary, defective, dialectal, modal
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History
Etymology
Shortened form
Borrowed from Korean 문 (mun), mainly from Chinese 文.
From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; Doublet of mouth.
Clipping of mundane.
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.