Etymology: perhaps from Dutch boon bean, from Middle Dutch bōne; akin to Old High German bōna bean — more at bean
1. : broad bean
II. \\ˈbȯn\ noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Japanese
: a great popular festival of Japan held July 13 to 16 when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars — called also Feast of Lanterns
III. noun
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Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Tibetan bön
: the pre-Buddhist animistic religion of Tibet
IV. \\ˈbän\ noun
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Etymology: origin unknown
Useful english dictionary. 2012.