zawn

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UK/zɔːn/

noun

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.

OriginCornish sâwn →
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Meanings

nounzawn (plural zawns)

plural zawns

  1. CornwallA 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.

Origin

  1. Cornishsâwn
  2. Englishzawn

From Cornish sâwn, sawan (“chasm”). Cognate with Welsh safn (“mouth”), Breton staoñ (“palate”).

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APA

zawn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zawn

MLA

“zawn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zawn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zawn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zawn.

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