Boon

See also: boon, boon-, and bo-on

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Boon

1. A surname
2. A township in Warrick County, Indiana, United States, named after settler Ratcliff Boon.
3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.

See also

• Boon Lay

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːn/
• Hyphenation: Boon
• Rhymes: -oːn

Proper noun

Boon

1. a surname
2. a male given name

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bône, from Old Saxon bōna, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu. Cognate with German Bohne, Dutch boon, English bean.

Noun

Boon f (plural Boonen)

1. bean

   Synonym: Schaubel

Hyponyms

• Koffeboon

Derived terms

• Boonekoffe

Somali

Etymology

From boon (“hunter”).

Proper noun

Boon f

1. a Somali clan (of low caste)

References

• “Boon”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 1976, page 39