Don

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn, -ɑn
• Homophones: dawn (with cot-caught merger), don

Don

1. A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.

Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don). Known in Ancient Greece and Rome as Latin Tanais, Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).

Don in Rostov oblast

Don

1. A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia. It flows 1870 kilometers (1160 miles) to the Sea of Azov.

• Cossack

• Strabo, Geographica, 11.2.2.

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.

Don

1. A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
2. A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.
3. A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.
4. A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.

• 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

• NOD, ODN, nod

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• IPA^(key): /dɔn/

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• Hyphenation: Don
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Don m

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia)

From Russian Дон (Don).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon/, [ˈdo̞n]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification^(key): Don

Don

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia)

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Don m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dons or Don)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia)

Don m

1. don (honorific title, especially in Spain and Italy)

• IPA^(key): [ˈdon]
• Rhymes: -on

Don

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia)

Don ?

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia)

Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don), from Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ).

• IPA^(key): /dɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: Don

Don m inan

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia)

• Don in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Don in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• D.

From Latin domĭnus (“sir, mister, senior”).

Don m (plural Dones, feminine Doña, feminine plural Doñas)

1. title of respect for a man: sir

• → Tagalog: Don

• don
• doña
• dueño

Borrowed from Spanish Don.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon/, [ˈdon]

Don (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜈ᜔)

1. title of a gentleman: sir; Sir

   Synonyms: Ginoo, Maginoo, Senyor

• Dondones