See also: gun, gùn, gūn, guṅ, gün, Gün, and gǔn

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Gun

  1. A Gbe language spoken in parts of Benin and Nigeria.

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Etymology

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First attested as ther gonne in 1321. Etymology uncertain. The toponym is potentially derived from an ancient hydronym or from the name of a type of land grant. Alternatively, it may refer to the poor quality of the soil around the settlement. Compare Euvelgunne.

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  • IPA(key): /ɣʏn/
  • Dutch pronunciation:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Gun
  • Rhymes: -ʏn
  • Homophone: gun

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Gun n

  1. A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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From Old Norse Gunnr, short form of female compound names with the element gunnr (battle). Name of a Valkyrie in Norse mythology. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1891.

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Gun c (genitive Guns)

  1. a female given name from Old Norse
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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 34 071 females with the given name Gun living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Zhuang

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From Chinese (MC kjun, “soldier”).

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Gun (Sawndip forms or or , 1957–1982 spelling Gun)

  1. Han people

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Gun (Sawndip forms or or , 1957–1982 spelling Gun)

  1. Chinese language