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lown.

Calm, tranquillity.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/laʊn//lʌun/Scotland

  1. Calm, tranquillity.

    Scotland

  2. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn (“windstillness”), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

adj/laʊn//lʌun/Scotland

  1. Peaceful, calm.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn (“windstillness”), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

noun

  1. A low fellow.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

See loon.

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