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yoon

yoon is the alternative spelling of Yoon.

Proper noun capitalized: Yoon

Yoon (plural Yoons)

  1. A surname from Korean.
    • Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, reciprocating Yoon’s visit to Tokyo in March. In doing so, the two leaders marked the revival of their “shuttle diplomacy” to hold negotiations in each other’s countries and work through a series...2023 May 7, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “Japanese prime minister visits Seoul, resuming ‘shuttle diplomacy’”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 May 2023, Asia

Noun capitalized: Yoon

Yoon (plural Yoons)

  1. (Scotland, abbreviation, clipping, informal) Clipping of unionist.

Forms of yoon

Noun
pluralyoons
pluralYoons
alternative formyoon
Proper noun
pluralYoons

Origin of yoon

Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).

Questions about yoon

What does yoon mean?
Yoon means a surname from Korean.
What is yoon the alternative spelling of?
Yoon is the alternative spelling of Yoon.
What part of speech is yoon?
Yoon can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near yoon in the dictionary

  1. yoohoos
  2. yooj
  3. yoojes
  4. yookay
  5. yoom
  6. yoon
  7. yoong
  8. yoons
  9. yoop
  10. yooper
  11. yoopers

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