Lon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of London.

Alternative forms

• LON, Lon.

Proper noun

Lon

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

Derived terms

• Nylon
• NyLon
• NYLON
• Nylonkong
• NyLonKong
• NYLONKONG

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.
   • 2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →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.

Derived terms

• Delon