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English
Etymology 1
Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.
Pronunciation
Verb
tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)
- (transitive) To tan, make tawny.
Noun
tawn (plural tawns)
- (rare) A tan.
Etymology 2
From town.
Proper noun
tawn
- (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, in The Bermuda Sun, archived from the original on 12 December 2022:12:30pm: Went tahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry.
Alternative forms
Holonyms
Noun
tawn (plural tawns)
- (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
tawn
- first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi
Etymology 2
Verb
tawn
- first-person singular counterfactual conditional of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)
- (pe) tawn i hapus ― if I were happy