yon

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see also: Yon

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /jɒn/
• (GA) IPA: /jɑn/

Adjective

yon (not comparable)

1. (dated or dialectal) That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight.

   He went to climb yon hill.

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, [https://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_4/text.shtml Book IV]:

     Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.

Translations

• German: jener, jene, jenes, jene
• Portuguese: aquilo, aquela, aquele
• Russian: вон тот

Adverb

yon (not comparable)

1. (dated or dialectal) yonder.

Pronoun

1. (dated or dialectal) That one or those over there.

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Yon

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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