# lon
## English
### Noun

lon (plural lons)
* (geography) Short for longitude.
    Coordinate term: lat

## Albanian
### Etymology

Unknown. Compare Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam). The standard Albanian equivalent is flamur.

### Noun

lon m
* (Arbëresh) flag

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish lon.

### Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, nominative plural lonta)
* blackbird (Turdus merula)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
lon
lonta
vocative
a loin
a lonta
genitive
loin
lonta
dative
lon
lonta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an lon
na lonta
genitive
an loin
na lonta
dative
leis an lon don lon
leis na lonta :

#### Synonyms

* lon dubh

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lon”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “lon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse lón. Akin to Icelandic lón.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /luːn/

### Noun

lon f (definite singular lona, indefinite plural loner, definite plural lonene)
* a depression in the bottom of a river or creek
    Synonym: høl
* a portion of a creek with slow-flowing water

#### Related terms

* logn

### References

* “lon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Etymology

According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *lux-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [l͈on]

### Noun

lon m
* blackbird (Turdus merula)

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Descendants

* Irish: lon, lon dubh
* Manx: lhondoo, lhonnag
* Scottish Gaelic: lon, lon-dubh

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 243

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laun (“be stretched out, of time; old (of past crops that are still not consumed)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lon/
* Rhymes: -lon
* Hyphenation: lon

### Noun

lon
* slowness

#### Derived terms

* alon
* alonlon
* alonlonan
* aṅloni
* aṅlonloni
* kapilon
* lumonlon
* pinahalon

### Further reading

* "lon" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Romani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa). Compare Hindi लोन (lon, “salt”) and Punjabi ਲੂਣ (lūṇ, “salt”).

### Noun

lon m
* salt

### References

* Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish lon, from Proto-Celtic *lono-, probably ultimately from the source of *elantī (“doe, hind”), the source of eilid (“hind”).
Compare Irish lon. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic лань (lanĭ, “hind”).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɫ̪ɔn/

#### Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)
* moose
* elk

### Etymology 2

Apparently a condensation of lomhainn from St Kilda.

#### Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural lonan)
* a rope of raw hides

### Etymology 3

From Middle Irish lon, from Old Irish lon.

#### Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)
* blackbird (Turdus merula)
* ouzel (Cinclus mexicanus)

### Etymology 4

Shortening of lon-chraois, apparently from Middle Irish con cráis (“gluttony”). Kuno Keyer translates lon separately as "demon". Others suggest lon as "water". See craos for its etymology.

#### Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, no plural)
* insatiable hunger
* unquenchable thirst
* gluttony
* voracity

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English run.

### Verb

lon
* to run

## Swedish
### Noun

lon
* definite singular of lo

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [lɔn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [lɔŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [lɔŋ˧˧]

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

(classifier cái) lon • (崙, 𨫅)
* beverage can

### Etymology 2

From French galon.

#### Noun

lon
* (military, informal) stripe

##### Derived terms

* lên lon (“to get militarily promoted”)

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Latin longe, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔ̃/

### Adverb

lon
* far

#### Antonyms

* près

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔn/

### Adjective

lon
* Soft mutation of llon.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.