yon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /jɒn/
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• General-American: /jɑn/
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• homophone: yawn (cot–caught merger)
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• rhymes with -ɒn
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• CMU ARPABET: Y AA1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener.

From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ).

From Korean 연(延) (Yeon), 연(燕) (Yeon), 연(連) (Yeon), or 연(淵) (Yeon).

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: tamten — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Czech: onen — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Dutch: gene — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Finnish: tuo — that thing, distant, but within sight
• French: celui-là — that thing, distant, but within sight
• French: celle-là — that thing, distant, but within sight
• French: ceux-là — that thing, distant, but within sight
• French: celles-là — that thing, distant, but within sight
• German: jener — that thing, distant, but within sight
• German: jene — that thing, distant, but within sight
• German: jenes — that thing, distant, but within sight
• German: jene — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains) — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Greek: εκείνος (ekeínos) — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Italian: quello — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Italian: quella — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Italian: quelli — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Italian: quelle — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Japanese: あの (ano) — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Japanese: あれ (are) — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Korean: 저것 (jeogeot) — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Latin: ille — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Latin: illa — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Latin: illud — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Portuguese: aquilo — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Portuguese: aquela — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Portuguese: aquele — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Russian: вон тот (von tot) — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Sicilian: chissu — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Sicilian: chissa — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Sicilian: chissi — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Spanish: aquel — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Spanish: aquella — that thing, distant, but within sight
• Spanish: aquello — that thing, distant, but within sight
• French: Yon — French surname
• Korean: 연 (Yeon) — Korean surname
• Korean: 연 (Yeon) — Korean surname
• Korean: 연 (Yeon) — Korean surname
• Korean: 연 (Yeon) — Korean surname