Bonn

See also: bon, bonn, and bønn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bonn.

Proper noun

Bonn

1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine, which was the capital of the former West Germany.

Translations

a city in Germany

• Arabic: بُون‎ m (bun)
• Bulgarian: Бон m (Bon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波恩 (zh) (Bō'ēn)

• Dutch: Bonn (nl)
• French: Bonn (fr)
• Georgian: ბონი (boni)
• German: Bonn (de) n
• Greek: Βόννη (el) (Vónni)
• Hebrew: בון‎
• Hindi: बॉन (bŏn)
• Hungarian: Bonn (hu)

• Icelandic: Bonn f
• Italian: Bonn (it)
• Japanese: ボン (ja) (Bon)
• Korean: 본 (ko) (Bon)
• Latin: Castra Bonnensia
• Macedonian: Бон m (Bon)
• Persian: بن‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: Bona f, Bonn f
• Russian: Бонн (ru) m (Bonn)
• Spanish: Bonn (es)
• Thai: บอนน์ (bon)
• Ukrainian: Бонн m (Bonn)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Bonn

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bonn.

Proper noun

Bonn f

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin/Old High German Bonna, from Latin Castra Bonnensia, perhaps ultimately related to the tribe Eburones. Folk etymology proposes origin from dedication to Saint Boniface via Vulgar Latin *Bonnifatia, but this is false.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔn/

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Proper noun

Bonn n (proper noun, genitive Bonns or (optionally with an article) Bonn)

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Bonn f

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

   Synonym: Bona