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bawn

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bôn)

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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

bawn (bôn),USA pronunciation n. [Newfoundland.]

Canada, British Termsa rocky stretch of foreshore on which caught fish are laid out to dry.
Canada, British Termsa patch of grassland or meadow near a dwelling.

Irish bábhún (earlier spelling, spelled badhbhdhún, badhún) enclosure, perh. equivalent. to ba, plural of bó cow + dún fort; see cow¹, town
Hiberno-English 1530–40

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