yoon

Y4O1O1N1

proper noun

A surname from Korean.

OriginKorean 윤(尹) →
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Meanings

yoon1

nounyoon (plural yoons)

plural yoons

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Yoon.

Yoon2

proper nounYoon (plural Yoons)

plural Yoons

  1. A surname from Korean.
    1 more example

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, reciprocating Yoon’s visit to Tokyo in March. In doing so, the two leaders marked the revival of their “shuttle diplomacy” to hold negotiations in each other’s countries and work through a series of thorny issues that have complicated their ties.

    2023 May 7, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “Japanese prime minister visits Seoul, resuming ‘shuttle diplomacy’”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 May 2023, Asia

Yoon3

nounYoon (plural Yoons)

plural Yoons · alternative yoon

  1. ScotlandabbreviationclippinginformalClipping of unionist.

Origin

  1. Korean윤(尹)
  2. EnglishYoon

Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Yono
Cite this entry
APA

yoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoon

MLA

“yoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yoon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoon.

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