# Don
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɒn/
* (US) IPA: /dɑn/
* Homophones: don; dawn (cot–caught merger)
* Rhymes: -ɒn

### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Don
* A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.

##### Derived terms

* Diaper Don
* Teflon Don
* Zion Don

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Дон (Don). Known in Ancient Greece and Rome as Latin Tanais, Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).

#### Proper noun

the Don
* A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia. It flows 1870 kilometers (1160 miles) to the Sea of Azov.
** 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Tartarians, and of diuers Nations which they subdued; with their Pristine Rites.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 339:Thence they marched againſt Orna, a Port Towne on the Riuer Don, where were many Gazarians, Alanians, Ruſſians, and Saracens, which he drowned with the Riuer running through the Citie, turning it out of the chanell.

##### See also

* Cossack

#### References

* Strabo, Geographica, 11.2.2.

### Etymology 3

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

#### Proper noun

the Don
* A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
* A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.
* A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.
* A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.

##### Alternative forms

* Dun (Yorkshire)

##### Synonyms

* Don River
* River Don

##### Derived terms

* Bridge of Don
* Don Valley
* DVP

##### Translations
#### References

* Celtic Cosmology and the Otherworld: Mythic Origins, Sovereignty and Liminality, p. 97
* Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time, p. 178

### Etymology 4

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Dunn.
* Also as an English and Scottish surname, from Dun, a place in Scotland.
* As an Italian surname, variant of Dono, shortened from dono di Dio (“gift of God”).
* As a Galician surname, from a nickname derived from don (“kindness, favor”).
* As a Hungarian surname, variant of Donát, Donath.
* As a French surname of Germanic origin, from the old name Dodo, related to Dodier, from the name Dodhari, the first element a reduplicated word of arbitrary origin and the second from *hari (“army”).
* Also as a French surname, from the place Don in Nord.
* As a Jewish surname, from a variant of Dan.
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 曾, see Zeng.
* As a Vietnamese surname Đôn, possibly from Chinese 敦, see Dun.

#### Proper noun

Don
* A surname

### See also

* Don Andres Soriano
* Don Bosco
* Don Felipe Larrazabal
* Don Galo
* Don Hen
* Don Luis
* Don Manuel
* Don Potenciano Larrazabal
* Don Salvador Benedicto

### Anagrams

* NOD, ODN, nod

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Russian Дон (Don)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Don
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Proper noun

Don m
* Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Russian Дон (Don).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdon/, [ˈdo̞n]
* Rhymes: -on
* Hyphenation: Don

### Proper noun

Don
* Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Don (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Donini
accusative
nom.
Donini
gen.
Donini
genitive
Donini
partitive
Doniani
inessive
Donissani
elative
Donistani
illative
Doniini
adessive
Donillani
ablative
Doniltani
allative
Donilleni
essive
Doninani
translative
Donikseni
abessive
Donittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Donisi
accusative
nom.
Donisi
gen.
Donisi
genitive
Donisi
partitive
Doniasi
inessive
Donissasi
elative
Donistasi
illative
Doniisi
adessive
Donillasi
ablative
Doniltasi
allative
Donillesi
essive
Doninasi
translative
Doniksesi
abessive
Donittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Donimme
accusative
nom.
Donimme
gen.
Donimme
genitive
Donimme
partitive
Doniamme
inessive
Donissamme
elative
Donistamme
illative
Doniimme
adessive
Donillamme
ablative
Doniltamme
allative
Donillemme
essive
Doninamme
translative
Doniksemme
abessive
Donittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Doninne
accusative
nom.
Doninne
gen.
Doninne
genitive
Doninne
partitive
Donianne
inessive
Donissanne
elative
Donistanne
illative
Doniinne
adessive
Donillanne
ablative
Doniltanne
allative
Donillenne
essive
Doninanne
translative
Doniksenne
abessive
Donittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Doninsa
accusative
nom.
Doninsa
gen.
Doninsa
genitive
Doninsa
partitive
Doniaan Doniansa
inessive
Donissaan Donissansa
elative
Donistaan Donistansa
illative
Doniinsa
adessive
Donillaan Donillansa
ablative
Doniltaan Doniltansa
allative
Donilleen Donillensa
essive
Doninaan Doninansa
translative
Donikseen Doniksensa
abessive
Donittaan Donittansa
instructive
comitative

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Don m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dons or Don)
* Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

### Noun

Don m
* don (honorific title, especially in Spain and Italy)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdon]
* Rhymes: -on

### Proper noun

Don
* Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

#### Declension
## Italian
### Proper noun

Don ?
* Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don), from Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Syllabification: Don

### Proper noun

Don m inan
* Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Don in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* D.

### Etymology

From Latin domĭnus (“sir, mister, senior”).

### Noun

Don m (plural Dones, feminine Doña, feminine plural Doñas)
* title of respect for a man: sir
** 1995, Luis "Checho" González (lyrics and music), “Mi General Augusto Pinochet”, in Himno en Honor al Capitán General Don Augusto Pinochet Ugarte – Apología y marchas al Ejército de Chile:Mi general, Augusto Pinochet / Usted es el nuevo Padre de la patria / Está su nombre en la historia de Chile / Como lo ha sido Don Bernardo O'HigginsMy general, Augusto Pinochet / You are the new Father of the country / Your name is in the history of Chile / As was Sir Bernardo O'Higgins

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: Don

#### See also

* don
* doña
* dueño

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Don.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdon/ [ˈd̪on̪]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: Don

### Noun

Don (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜈ᜔)
* title of a gentleman: sir; Sir
    Synonyms: Ginoo, Maginoo, Senyor

#### Related terms

* Dondones
* Dundon

#### See also

* ser
* mamsir