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tun.

tuna

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/tuːn/[tˢuːˀn]

  1. tuna

    common-gender

  2. tuna fish

    common-gender

  3. tun

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

A contraction of tunfisk, from German Thunfisch (“tuna”), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

noun/tuːn/[tˢuːˀn]

  1. An enclosed piece of ground.

    archaic · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse tún, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom.

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