Gun

See also: gun, gùn, gūn, guṅ, gün, Gün, and gǔn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Gunnr, short form of female compound names with the element gunnr (“battle”). Name of a Valkyrie in Norse mythology. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1891.

Proper noun

Gun c (genitive Guns)

1. a female given name from Old Norse.

Related terms

• female given names: Gunborg, Gun-Britt, Gunhild, Gunilla, Gunnel, Gunvor
• male given names: Gunnar

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 34 071 females with the given name Gun living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• ugn, ung, ung.

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Zhuang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 官?”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kun˨˦/
• Tone numbers: Gun¹
• Hyphenation: Gun

Proper noun

Gun (1957–1982 spelling Gun)

1. Han people

Derived terms

• Bouxgun
• Sawgun
• Vahgun

 

Noun

Gun (1957–1982 spelling Gun)

1. Chinese language