won
noun
- currency name in Korea
adjective
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Pronunciation: /wɒn/ / /wɑn/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓 /圆 (“circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.
- The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
verb
Etymology: From Old English wunian, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.
- To live, remain.
“I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won.”
- To be accustomed to do something.