# Devon
## English
### Etymology

From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛv.ən/, /ˈdiː.vən/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛvən, -iːvən

#### Usage notes

The former pronunciation should be used for all except the river; the latter pronunciation should be used for the river only.

### Proper noun

Devon
* A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
* A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
* A river in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
* A place in Canada:
** A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
** A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
** A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
* A place in the United States:
** A village and neighborhood of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
** An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
** An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
** A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
** An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
* A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
* An English earldom.
* A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin.
** 2013, Diane Chamberlain, Necessary Lies, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 59:"Is that his real name?" I asked, touching the corner of the picture. "Devil?" "I named him Devon James Jordan, but my oldest―my girl Sheena―she had trouble saying Devon and it came out Devil, and that stuck […] "
* A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
* A surname.

#### Synonyms

* (county): Devonshire

#### Derived terms

* Devon colic
* Devonian
* Devon pie
* Devonport
* Devonwall
* East Devon
* Mid Devon
* North Devon
* West Devon

#### Descendants

* → Russian: Де́вон (Dévon)

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Devon is the 34353rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 660 individuals. Devon is most common among White (72.73%) and Black/African American (17.12%) individuals.

### Noun

Devon (plural Devons)
* One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.

### Anagrams

* doven

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈvoːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Devon n (proper noun, genitive Devons or (optionally with an article) Devon)
* Devon (a county of England)
* Devon (a town in Alberta, Canada)
* Devon (a small rural community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
* Devon (a former town in New Brunswick, Canada, now a part of Fredericton)
* Devon (a village and neighborhood of Milford, Connecticut, United States)
* Devon (an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States)
* Devon (an unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States)
* Devon (a census-designated place in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States)
* Devon (an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States)
* the Devonian

#### Declension
### See also

* Silur
* Karbon
* Paläozoikum

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Devon.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.võ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɛ.vɔn/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɛ.vɔn/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɛ.bɔn/ [ˈdɛ.βɔn]

### Proper noun

Devon
* Devon (a county of England)