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dongon

dongon is the obsolete form of donjon.

Meaning of donjon

Noun

donjon (plural donjons)

  1. The fortified tower and main residence of a motte or early castle; a keep.
    • It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page...

Forms of dongon

pluraldongons

Questions about dongon

What is dongon the obsolete form of?
Dongon is the obsolete form of donjon.

Words near dongon in the dictionary

  1. Dongola races
  2. Dongolas
  3. Dongolawi
  4. Dongolawis
  5. Dongolese
  6. dongon
  7. dongons
  8. Dongquan
  9. dongs
  10. dongsaeng
  11. dongsaengs

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