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Gun
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Appendix:Variations of "gun"
English
Proper noun
A Gbe language spoken in parts of Benin and Nigeria.
See also
guw
See also
Gun-ob
Further reading
Gun language en
Anagrams
en gnu Ung gnu NGU GNU UNG nug Ngu NGu
en Languages
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ther gonne in 1321. Etymology nl 1. The toponym is potentially derived from an ancient hydronym or from the name of a type of land grant. Alternatively, it may refer to the poor quality of the soil around the settlement. Compare nl Euvelgunne.
Pronunciation
nl /ɣʏn/
nl Nl-gun.ogg Dutch pronunciation
nl Gun
nl ʏn 1
nl gun
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Horst aan de Maas p/Limburg c/Netherlands
References
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv non Gunnr, short form of female compound names with the element non gunnr battle. Name of a Valkyrie in Norse mythology. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1891.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Gun.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Old Norse
Related terms
female given names: sv Gunborg, sv Gun-Britt, sv Gunhild, sv Gunilla, sv Gunnel, sv Gunvor
male given names: sv Gunnar
Statistics
According to the Swedish Tax Agency in 2025, the name Gun belong to 26,879 individuals in Sweden.Skatteverket – Namnsök
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 34 071 females with the given name Gun living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv gnu ugn ung ung.
Zhuang
Etymology
From za zh - 軍 soldier.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
proper noun 倱 軍 倌
Han people
Derived terms
za Bouxgun Sawgun Vahgun
Noun
noun 倱 軍 倌
Chinese language