Lon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of London.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Lon

  1. Abbreviation of London. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to Alonzo?”)

Proper noun

Lon (plural Lons)

  1. A male given name; diminutive form Lonnie.
    • 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN, pages 15–16:
      But the person I spied on the most was my father, Lon—or, as he was called in the Southern style, Lonnie—who'd commandeer the den into the wee hours.
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