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don | w |

As a noun don

is (science) (dissolved organic nitrogen).

As a letter w is

the twenty-third letter of the.

As a symbol w is

(label) symbol for tungsten.

don

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  • A mafia boss.
    • Derived terms
    * donnish

    Etymology 2

    A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.

    Verb

    (donn)
  • (clothing) to put on, to dress in
    • To don one's clothes.
    Antonyms
    * (put on clothes)
    See also
    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    w

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=v, next=x, image= (wikipedia w)

    Alternative forms

    * vv (obsolete)

    Letter

  • The twenty-third letter of the .
  • The first letter of (l) allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.

    • Symbol

    (Voiced labio-velar approximant) (head)
  • voiced labial-velar approximant

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * Turned: * * {{Letter , page=W , NATO=Whiskey , Morse=·–– , Character=W , Braille=? }} Image:Latin W.png, Capital and lowercase versions of W , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter W.png, Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur ----