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thun

/tʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
thun
IPA
/tʊn/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.

name

An Alpine lake, which took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore: see Lake Thun.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Tuno, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortified town”), named before it fell to Rome.

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Lake Thun

Homonyms

toon (yod-dropping) tune

Rhymes With

one done run fun son won sun gun none un begun ton

Questions

How do you pronounce thun?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʊn/.
What does thun mean?
A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.
Where does thun come from?
From Medieval Latin Tuno, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortified town”), named before it fell to Rome.

How to pronounce thun

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