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hawn

hawn noun: a haven or harbour.

Noun

hawn (plural hawns)

  1. (Cornwall) A haven or harbour.
    • It was now quite impossible for her to get to the sands, and the only place not cut off by the sea was a tiny cove — a mere gash in the cliff midway between the two hawns, Pentire and Pentire Glaze.2022, Enys Tregarthen, The Piskey-Purse: Legends and Tales of North Cornwall

Proper noun capitalized: Hawn

Hawn (plural Hawns)

  1. A surname.

Forms of hawn

Noun
pluralhawns
Proper noun
pluralHawns

Questions about hawn

What does hawn mean?
Hawn means a haven or harbour.
What part of speech is hawn?
Hawn can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hawn?
The plural of hawn is hawns.

Words near hawn in the dictionary

  1. Hawling
  2. hawm
  3. hawmed
  4. hawming
  5. hawms
  6. hawn
  7. hawns
  8. hawock
  9. hawok
  10. Haworth
  11. Haworth and Stanbury

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