Don
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɒn/
- (US) IPA(key): /dɑn/
- Homophones: dawn (with cot-caught merger), don
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Don
- A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don). Known in Ancient Greece and Rome as Latin Tanais, Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).
Proper noun edit
Don
- A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia. It flows 1870 kilometers (1160 miles) to the Sea of Azov.
Translations edit
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See also edit
References edit
- Strabo, Geographica, 11.2.2.
Etymology 3 edit
Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.
Proper noun edit
Don
- A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
- A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.
- A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.
- A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.
Alternative forms edit
- Dun (Yorkshire)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- Celtic Cosmology and the Otherworld: Mythic Origins, Sovereignty and Liminality, p. 97
- Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time, p. 178
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Don m
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Don
- Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
Declension edit
Inflection of Don (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Don | — | ||
genitive | Donin | — | ||
partitive | Donia | — | ||
illative | Doniin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Don | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Don | — | |
gen. | Donin | |||
genitive | Donin | — | ||
partitive | Donia | — | ||
inessive | Donissa | — | ||
elative | Donista | — | ||
illative | Doniin | — | ||
adessive | Donilla | — | ||
ablative | Donilta | — | ||
allative | Donille | — | ||
essive | Donina | — | ||
translative | Doniksi | — | ||
abessive | Donitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Don m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dons or Don)
- Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
Noun edit
Don m
- don (honorific title, especially in Spain and Italy)
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Don
- Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Don | — |
accusative | Dont | — |
dative | Donnak | — |
instrumental | Donnal | — |
causal-final | Donért | — |
translative | Donná | — |
terminative | Donig | — |
essive-formal | Donként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Donban | — |
superessive | Donon | — |
adessive | Donnál | — |
illative | Donba | — |
sublative | Donra | — |
allative | Donhoz | — |
elative | Donból | — |
delative | Donról | — |
ablative | Dontól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Doné | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Donéi | — |
Possessive forms of Don | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Donom | — |
2nd person sing. | Donod | — |
3rd person sing. | Donja | — |
1st person plural | Donunk | — |
2nd person plural | Donotok | — |
3rd person plural | Donjuk | — |
Italian edit
Proper noun edit
Don ?
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don), from Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Don m inan
- Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Don in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin domĭnus (“sir, mister, senior”).
Noun edit
Don m (plural Dones, feminine Doña, feminine plural Doñas)
- title of respect for a man: sir
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: Don
See also edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Don (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜈ᜔)