What does yon mean?

Definitions for yon
yɒnyon

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word yon.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. yonder, yonadverb

    distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)

    "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"

  2. yonder, yonadverb

    at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)

    "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham

Wiktionary

  1. yonadverb

    yonder

  2. yonpronoun

    that one over there

  3. yonadjective

    distant, but within sight

    I live in yon cottage on the hill.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Yon, Yond, Yonderadjective

    Being at a distance within view.

    Etymology: geond , Saxon.

    Madam, yond young fellow swears he will speak with you. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    Good mother, do not marry me to yon fool. William Shakespeare.

    Would you not laugh to meet a great counsellor of state in a flat cap, his gloves under his girdle, and yond haberdasher in a velvet gown furred with sables? Ben Jonson, Discoveries.

    Tigranes, being encamped upon a hill with four hundred thousand men, discovered the army of the Romans, being not above fourteen thousand, marching towards him: he made himself merry with it, and said, yonder men are too many for an ambassage, and too few for a fight. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    For proof look up,
    And read thy lot in yon celestial sign. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

    Yon flow’ry arbors, yonder allies green. John Milton.

    Let other swains attend the rural care,
    But nigh yon mountain let me tune my lays. Alexander Pope.

  2. Yon, Yond, Yonderadverb

    At a distance within view. It is used when we direct the eye from another thing to the object.

    The fringed curtains of thine eyes advance,
    And say what thou see’st yond. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    First, and chiefest, with thee bring
    Him that yon soars on golden wing,
    Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne,
    The cherub, contemplation. John Milton.

    Yonder are two apple-women scolding. Scriblerus Club .

ChatGPT

  1. yon

    Yon is an archaic English term referring to something that is at a distance, but still within sight (usually used with "over" or "beyond"). It can be used as an adjective or an adverb. As an adjective it describes something far away but visible, as in "I see a house yonder". As an adverb, it's used to direct attention to something in the distance, as in "Look yon".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yonadjective

    at a distance, but within view; yonder

  2. Yonadverb

    yonder

  3. Etymology: [OE. yon, on, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jenr, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. 188. Cf. Beyond, Yond, Yonder.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Yon

    yon, Yonder, yon′dėr, adv. at a distance within view.—adj. being at a distance within view. [A.S. geon; Goth. jains (masc.), jaina (fem.), Ger. jen-er, that.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. YON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yon is ranked #10748 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Yon surname appeared 2,969 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Yon.

    57% or 1,695 total occurrences were White.
    18% or 537 total occurrences were Asian.
    13.4% or 398 total occurrences were Black.
    8.5% or 253 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.4% or 74 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.4% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yon in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of yon in a Sentence

  1. Werley Nortreus:

    Biznis ou se tankou yon pye mango. Moun ki renmen mango yo te absan lèw tap konstwi pye mango pou l ka pwodui mango men moun ki renmen mango yo toujou prezan pou yo manje tout mango yo. Biznis ou se tankou yon pye mango.

  2. Werley Nortreus:

    Ayiti ak Ayisyen kondane pou yo mouri san yo pa wè okenn chanjman Ayiti. Yo mete Ayisyen nan sitiyasyon pou yo mouri san yo pa wè yon Ayiti ki byen devlope ak pwospere.

  3. Werley Nortreus:

    Pa jis gade siksè yon moun, men gade tout efò ak travay di ki dèyè li.

  4. Sir Thomas More:

    Why dost thou gaze upon the sky O that I were yon spangled sphere Then every star should be an eye, To wander o'er thy beauties here.

  5. Michel de Montaigne:

    So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination. ..And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do no bring forth in the agitation.

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