bon

1 of 4

noun (1)

ˈbän

plural -s

1

: broad bean

2

[perhaps another word] : kidney bean

bon

2 of 4

noun (2)

ˈbän

plural -s

: china grass

Bon

3 of 4

noun (3)

ˈbȯn

plural -s

: a great popular festival of Japan held July 13 to 16 when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars

called also Feast of Lanterns

Bon

4 of 4

noun (4)

"

plural -s

: the pre-Buddhist animistic religion of Tibet

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

perhaps from Dutch boon bean, from Middle Dutch bōne; akin to Old High German bōna bean

Noun (2)

origin unknown

Noun (3)

Japanese

Noun (4)

Tibetan bön

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