Don

See also don, and đơn

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɒn/
• (US) IPA: /dɑn/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Don

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

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Don in Rostov oblast

Don

1. A river in European Russia, flowing 1200 mile to the Sea of Azov. Called Tanais in classical sources.

Translations

River in European Russia

• Armenian: Դոն (hy) (Don) 
• Belarusian: Дон (be) (Don) m 
• Bulgarian: Дон (bg) (Don) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頓河 (cmn), 顿河 (cmn) (Dùn-hé)

• Czech: Don (cs) m
• Dutch: Don (nl) m
• Finnish: Don (fi)
• Georgian: დონი (ka) (doni) 

• German: Don (de) m
• Japanese: ドン川 (ja) (Don-gawa)
• Korean: 돈 강 (ko) (Don gang)
• Macedonian: Дон (mk) (Don) m
• Old Irish: Dánaïm
• Polish: Don (pl) m
• Russian: Дон (ru) (Don) m 
• Ukrainian: Дон (uk) (Don) m 

See also

• Cossack

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Don

1. A river in Scotland, flowing 62 mile to the North Sea.

Translations

River in Scotland

• Scottish Gaelic: Deathan (gd)

Anagrams

• NOD, nod

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Dutch

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don, river in Russia.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Don

1. Don (river in Russia)

Declension

Declension of Don (type risti) singular plural nominative Don – genitive Donin – partitive Donia – accusative Don Donin – inessive Donissa – elative Donista – illative Doniin – adessive Donilla – ablative Donilta – allative Donille – essive Donina – translative Doniksi – instructive – – abessive Donitta – comitative – –

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German

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don (river in Russia)

Noun

Don m

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

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don (river in Russia)

Declension

    declension of Don

	singular only
nominative	Don
genitive	Donu
dative	Donowi
accusative	Don
instrumental	Donem
locative	Donie
vocative	Donie

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”).

Noun

Don m (plural Dones)

1. A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names (similar to English lord).

Usage notes

May be written with upper- or lowercase.

Abbreviations

• D.

See also

• Doña
• don
• doña
• dueño