zawn
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[edit] Etymology
From Cornish sâwn, sawan (“chasm”); cognate with Welsh safn (“mouth”), Breton staoñ (“palate”).
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[edit] Noun
zawn (plural zawns)
- (regional UK) A deep and narrow sea-inlet in the British Isles, especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut by erosion into sea-cliffs, and with steep or vertical side-walls.
