"See yon twelve swans, in jubilant array, / whom late Jove's eagle scattered through the sky; / now these alight, now those the pitch survey."
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Yon
//jɒn//
Synonyms for "yon" (8 found)
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Translations
39 translations across 15 languages.
Czech
2 entries- onen det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- tamten det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Dutch
1 entries- gene det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Finnish
1 entries- tuo det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
French
4 entries- celle-là det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- celles-là det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- celui-là det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- ceux-là det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
German
4 entries- jene det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- jene det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- jener det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- jenes det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Greek
1 entries- εκείνος det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Italian
4 entries- quella det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- quelle det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- quelli det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- quello det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Japanese
2 entries- あの det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- あれ det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Korean
4 entries- 저것 det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- 연 name (Korean surname)
- 연 name (Korean surname)
- 연 name (Korean surname)
Latin
3 entries- illa det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- ille det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- illud det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Portuguese
3 entries- aquela det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- aquele det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- aquilo det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Russian
1 entries- вон тот det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Sicilian
3 entries- chissa det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- chissi det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- chissu det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Spanish
3 entries- aquel det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- aquella det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
- aquello det (that thing, distant, but within sight)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
"While running rivers hasten to the main, / while yon pure ether feeds the stars with light, / while shadows round the hill-slopes wax and wane, / thy fame, wher'er I go, thy praises shall remain."
Source: tatoeba (6797852)
"As for yon shore and that Italian coast, / washed, where the land lies nearest, by our main, / shun them; their cities hold a hostile host. / There Troy's old foes, the evil Argives, reign."
Source: tatoeba (7089799)
He went to climb yon hill.
Source: wiktionary
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