Bon

1
[ bon; French bawn ]

noun
  1. Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.

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Bon2
[ bawn ]

noun
  1. an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.

Origin of Bon

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<Japanese, originally Urabon<Chinese version of Sanskrit ullambana literally, hanging upside down (a metaphor for the suffering brought on by physical desires)
  • Also called Feast of Lanterns .

Other definitions for Bön (3 of 3)

Bön
[ bohn ]

noun
  1. a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.

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British Dictionary definitions for Bon (1 of 2)

Bon1

/ (bɔːn) /


noun
  1. Also called: Feast of Lanterns, Festival of Lanterns an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists

    • the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest

    • their religion

Origin of Bon

1
from Japanese bon, originally Urabon, from Sanskrit ullambana hanging upside down

British Dictionary definitions for Bon (2 of 2)

Bon2

/ (bɒn) /


noun
  1. Cape Bon a peninsula of NE Tunisia

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