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- Cornish · derived fromsâwn
- English todayzawn
From Cornish sâwn, sawan (“chasm”). Cognate with Welsh safn (“mouth”), Breton staoñ (“palate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
zawn
Today it means: A deep and narrow sea-inlet in the British Isles, especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut by erosion into sea-cliffs, and with steep or vertical side-walls; a cave through which the tide flows into a cliff. Full definition →
Cornish sâwn