/ˈdɛv.ən/, /ˈdiː.vən/
OriginFrom Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.
- A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
- A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
- A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
- A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
- A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
- A village and neighborhood of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
- A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
- A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
- An English earldom.
- A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin.
“"Is that his real name?" I asked, touching the corner of the picture. "Devil?"
"I named him Devon James Jordan, but my oldest―my girl Sheena―she had trouble saying Devon and it came out Devil, and tha”
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
“According to the attorney general’s office, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was arrested. She has worked for the office for about seven years and is currently assigned to the Appella”
- A surname.
- One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.
- Australia, EasternA type of processed meat sausage.
“Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat.”
“Elsewhere the Roy Slaven signature range of smallgoods – marketed with the shout-out line, ‘Roy: still doing things with meat butchers only dream of!’ − has captured the imagination of an increasingly”
“One of our firm favourites both for the quality and the taste of Ricky Roessler′s smallgoods – and the sheer joy of shopping here. No devon or pastrami, though, just plenty of bratwurst:[…].”
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