Bonn

Borrowed from German Bonn.

Bonn

1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine, which was the capital of the former West Germany.

From Middle High German Bunne, from Old High German Bunna, from Proto-West Germanic *Bunnā, from Latin Bonna. The Central Franconian form with /o/ (rather than /ɔ/) clearly continues the original Germanic -u-. See German Bonn for more.

• IPA^(key): /bon/

Bonn n

1. Bonn (a city on the Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

• bönnsch, Bönnsch

Bonn

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Borrowed from German Bonn.

Bonn f

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

From Middle High German Bonne, Bunne, from Old High German Bunna, from Proto-West Germanic *Bunnā, from Latin Bonna, short for Castra Bonnensia. The Germanic form shows its very old age in the replacement of -o- with -u-, which then also failed to undergo a-mutation because of the following nasal geminate. The modern German -o- is per se a regular development (cf. Sonne, Wonne), but was likely reinforced by readaptation to the Latin.

The further origin is uncertain. Perhaps ultimately related to the tribe Eburones.[1] Folk etymology has proposed origin from dedication to Saint Boniface, but this is a crass anachronism. During the Middle Ages, Bonn was often called Verona in Latin texts.

• IPA^(key): /bɔn/

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Bonn n (proper noun, genitive Bonns or (optionally with an article) Bonn)

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Borrowed from German Bonn.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbonː]
• Hyphenation: Bonn
• Rhymes: -onː

Bonn

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

• bonni

Bonn f

1. Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

   Synonym: Bona