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iawn

Pronunciation: /jau̯n/

“iawn” is a Welsh word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. very (to a high degree)

noun

  1. amends
  2. compensation
  3. atonement
  4. right

adjective

  1. accurate
  2. okay, fine

Etymology

From Middle Welsh yawn, from Proto-Brythonic *yọn, from Proto-Celtic *yānos (“true, noble”), of uncertain further origin.

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