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Pon
//pɒn// name, noun, prep, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 A call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile. Japanese
- 2 Initialism of passive optical network, technology and standards for fiber-optic broadband access. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Preposition
- 1 Alternative spelling of 'pon. alt-of, alternative
Verb
- 1 Clipping of ponteng Singlish, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Japanese 碰 (pon).
Etymology 2
Chinese surname, variant Romanizations of: * 潘 and 盤 /盘 (pán) (see Pan) * 彭 (see Peng) * possibly Romanized from names such as 邦 (bāng)), monosyllabic personal names.
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