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单词 zawn
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Definition of zawn in English:

zawn

noun zɔːn
English Regional, Cornwall
  • A fissure or cave in a coastal cliff.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Hunt (1807–1887), chemist and photographer. From Cornish sâwn cleft, fissure, ravine, cove, cognate with Welsh safn mouth, jaws, palate, Middle Breton staffn (Breton staoñ palate), probably ultimately from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek στόμα mouth.

Definition of zawn in US English:

zawn

nounzɔːn
English Regional, Cornwall
  • A fissure or cave in a coastal cliff.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Hunt (1807–1887), chemist and photographer. From Cornish sâwn cleft, fissure, ravine, cove, cognate with Welsh safn mouth, jaws, palate, Middle Breton staffn (Breton staoñ palate), probably ultimately from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek στόμα mouth.

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