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hawns

hawns is the plural of hawn.

Meaning of hawn

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Hawns

Hawns

  1. (plural) plural of Hawn

Questions about hawns

What is hawns the plural of?
Hawns is the plural of hawn.
What part of speech is hawns?
Hawns is a proper noun.

Words near hawns in the dictionary

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

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