Bone

See also: bone, boné, bóne, bône, and Bône

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Bone (countable and uncountable, plural Bones)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, named after Orion Jost Bone.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bone is the 3350^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10692 individuals. Bone is most common among White (83.82%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Beno, Boen, ebon

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German bone, from Old High German bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō. Cognate with German Bohne, Dutch boon, English bean, Icelandic baun.

Noun

Bone f

1. (Uri) bean

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian Бонев (Bonev).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bone m (genitive/dative lui Bone)

1. a surname from Bulgarian