Don
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editDon
- A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Russian Дон (Don). Known in Ancient Greece and Rome as Latin Tanais, Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).
Proper noun
editDon
- 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.
- 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Tartarians, and of diuers Nations which they subdued; with their Pristine Rites.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 339:
- Thence they marched againſt Orna, a Port Towne on the Riuer Don, where were many Gazarians, Alanians, Ruſſians, and Saracens, which he drowned with the Riuer running through the Citie, turning it out of the chanell.
Translations
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See also
editReferences
edit- Strabo, Geographica, 11.2.2.
Etymology 3
editProbably 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
editDon
- 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
editDerived terms
editTranslations
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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
Etymology 4
edit- As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Dunn.
- Also as an English and Scottish surname, from Dun, a place in Scotland.
- As an Italian surname, variant of Dono.
- As a Galician surname, from a nickname derived from don (“kindness, favor”).
- As a Hungarian surname, variant of Donát, Donath.
- As a French surname of Germanic origin, from the old name Dodo, see Dodier.
- Also as a French surname, from the place Don in Nord.
- As a Jewish surname, from a variant of Dan.
- As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 曾, see Zeng.
- As a Vietnamese surname Đôn, possibly from Chinese 敦, see Dun.
Proper noun
editDon
- A surname
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDon m
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editDon
- Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
Declension
editInflection 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
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editDon 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
editDon m
- don (honorific title, especially in Spain and Italy)
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editDon
- Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
Declension
editInflection (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
editProper noun
editDon ?
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian Дон (Don), from Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDon m inan
- Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- Don in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin domĭnus (“sir, mister, senior”).
Noun
editDon m (plural Dones, feminine Doña, feminine plural Doñas)
- title of respect for a man: sir
Descendants
edit- → Tagalog: Don
See also
editTagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdon/ [ˈd̪on̪]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: Don
Noun
editDon (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with homophones
- Rhymes:English/ɒn
- Rhymes:English/ɒn/1 syllable
- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English diminutives of male given names
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- en:Rivers in Tula Oblast
- en:Rivers in Russia
- en:Rivers in Lipetsk Oblast
- en:Rivers in Voronezh Oblast
- en:Rivers in Volgograd Oblast
- en:Rivers in Rostov Oblast
- en:Places in Tula Oblast
- en:Places in Russia
- en:Places in Lipetsk Oblast
- en:Places in Voronezh Oblast
- en:Places in Volgograd Oblast
- en:Places in Rostov Oblast
- English terms with quotations
- English terms derived from Celtic languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- en:Rivers in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- en:Rivers in Scotland
- en:Places in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- en:Rivers in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Rivers in England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Rivers in Tyne and Wear, England
- en:Places in Tyne and Wear, England
- en:Rivers in Ontario
- en:Rivers in Canada
- en:Places in Toronto
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔn
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- nl:Rivers in Tula Oblast
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- nl:Rivers in Voronezh Oblast
- nl:Rivers in Volgograd Oblast
- nl:Rivers in Rostov Oblast
- nl:Places in Tula Oblast
- nl:Places in Russia
- nl:Places in Lipetsk Oblast
- nl:Places in Voronezh Oblast
- nl:Places in Volgograd Oblast
- nl:Places in Rostov Oblast
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/on
- Rhymes:Finnish/on/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Rivers in Tula Oblast
- fi:Rivers in Russia
- fi:Rivers in Lipetsk Oblast
- fi:Rivers in Voronezh Oblast
- fi:Rivers in Volgograd Oblast
- fi:Rivers in Rostov Oblast
- fi:Places in Tula Oblast
- fi:Places in Russia
- fi:Places in Lipetsk Oblast
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- de:Rivers in Tula Oblast
- de:Rivers in Russia
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- de:Rivers in Voronezh Oblast
- de:Rivers in Volgograd Oblast
- de:Rivers in Rostov Oblast
- de:Places in Tula Oblast
- de:Places in Russia
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- de:Places in Voronezh Oblast
- de:Places in Volgograd Oblast
- de:Places in Rostov Oblast
- German nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
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- hu:Rivers in Tula Oblast
- hu:Rivers in Russia
- hu:Rivers in Lipetsk Oblast
- hu:Rivers in Voronezh Oblast
- hu:Rivers in Volgograd Oblast
- hu:Rivers in Rostov Oblast
- hu:Places in Tula Oblast
- hu:Places in Russia
- hu:Places in Lipetsk Oblast
- hu:Places in Voronezh Oblast
- hu:Places in Volgograd Oblast
- hu:Places in Rostov Oblast
- Italian lemmas
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- it:Rivers in Tula Oblast
- it:Rivers in Russia
- it:Rivers in Lipetsk Oblast
- it:Rivers in Voronezh Oblast
- it:Rivers in Volgograd Oblast
- it:Rivers in Rostov Oblast
- it:Places in Tula Oblast
- it:Places in Russia
- it:Places in Lipetsk Oblast
- it:Places in Voronezh Oblast
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- it:Places in Rostov Oblast
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Rivers in Tula Oblast
- pl:Rivers in Russia
- pl:Rivers in Lipetsk Oblast
- pl:Rivers in Voronezh Oblast
- pl:Rivers in Volgograd Oblast
- pl:Rivers in Rostov Oblast
- pl:Places in Tula Oblast
- pl:Places in Russia
- pl:Places in Lipetsk Oblast
- pl:Places in Voronezh Oblast
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- es:Titles
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/on
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