ボン — meaning in English

English meaning

• Bonn name A city in western Germany on the Rhine River, the former capital of West Germany.
• pon noun In mahjong, a call made to claim a discarded tile in order to form a set of three matching tiles.
• pung noun A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.

Senses

ボン is used for these senses in English:

• Bonn An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.
• phon (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.
• pon (Japanese, _, mahjong) A call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile.
• pung (mahjong) A call for forming such a set using a discarded tile.

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