tawn

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English

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Etymology 1

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Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)

  1. (transitive) To tan, make tawny.

Noun

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tawn (plural tawns)

  1. (rare) A tan.

Etymology 2

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From town.

Proper noun

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tawn

  1. (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
    • 2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, in The Bermuda Sun[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2022:
      12:30pm: Went tahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry.
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Noun

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tawn (plural tawns)

  1. (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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tawn

  1. first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi

Etymology 2

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Verb

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tawn

  1. first-person singular counterfactual conditional of bod (used after pe (if), which can also be omitted)
    (pe) tawn i hapusif I were happy