Bon

[ bon; French bawn ]

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noun

Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.

Bon

[ bawn ]

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noun

an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.

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[ bohn ]

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noun

a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.

Bon

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noun

Also calledFeast of LanternsFestival of Lanterns an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists
1. the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest
2. their religion

Bon

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noun

Cape Bon
a peninsula of NE Tunisia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bon¹

< Japanese, originally Urabon < Chinese version of Sanskrit ullambana literally, hanging upside down (a metaphor for the suffering brought on by physical desires)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bon¹

from Japanese bon , originally Urabon , from Sanskrit ullambana hanging upside down

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“We’re like, ‘�� if we flip this around and we have the con man here be like Jude Law, this bon vivant, outgoing guy.

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Other fans don’t know or care about the lineup’s backstory, which took its first devastating turn in February 1980 with the death of singer Bon Scott, 33.

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Another constant: AC/DC song titles are frequently convivial lowbrow bon mots — “Have a Drink on Me,” “Hells Bells,” “Stiff Upper Lip” — now so common in the vernacular that AC/DC might have invented the phrases.

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Among the newcomers with main stage aspirations were South Africa's hip-swivelling R&B star Tyla, and New York dance act Fcukers, whose breakout hit Bon Bon was one of the weekend's most inescapable tracks.

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Most cards include cryptic, sometimes multilingual bon mots written with his beloved Sumi-e brush pens.

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