Etymology

pon

P3O1N1

Today it means: A call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile. Full definition →

Japanese 碰
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pon · noun1

  1. Japanese · borrowed from碰
  2. English todaypon

Borrowed from Japanese 碰 (pon).

Pon · proper noun2

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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