Gun

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

English

Proper noun

Gun

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Gun terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gun n

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

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Gun c (genitive Guns)

  1. a female given name from Old Norse

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • 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.

Anagrams

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese (MC kjun, “soldier”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. Han people

Derived terms

Noun

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

  1. Chinese language
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