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Bonin

Bonin proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun (1)

Bonin (plural Bonins)

  1. A surname from French.

Proper noun (2)

Bonin

  1. An archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc administered as Ogasawara (a subprefecture of Tokyo prefecture, Japan).
    Synonyms:
    Ogasawara Islands

Bonin meaning in Marathi

Bonin in Marathi

archipelago in the Western Pacific, part of Japan
बोनिन bonin

Synonyms of Bonin

  • Ogasawara Islands

Forms of Bonin

pluralBonins

Origin of Bonin

From French Bonin in an 1817 monograph on the islands by the French scholar Rémusat, misunderstanding Japanese 無人島 (mujintō, “desert island”) as a proper name for the Ogasawaras, misreading the kanji as the related pronunciation buninjima, and then mistranscribing the vowel into French.

Words formed from Bonin

Phrases with Bonin

Questions about Bonin

What does Bonin mean?
Bonin means a surname from French.
What is Bonin in Marathi?
Bonin in Marathi is बोनिन (bonin). See Bonin meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Bonin?
Bonin is a proper noun.

Words near Bonin in the dictionary

  1. boniform
  2. bonify
  3. bonifying
  4. Bonilla
  5. bonily
  6. Bonin
  7. Bonin greenfinch
  8. Bonin greenfinches
  9. Bonin Islands
  10. Bonine
  11. Bonines

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