Skip to content
APG.American
Pronunciation Guide
HOW TO PRONOUNCE

devon

/ˈdɛvən/

Press play to hear how to pronounce devon.

American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗

What does devon mean?

noun

  1. A type of processed meat sausage.
  2. One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.

proper noun

  1. A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
More meanings (17)

proper noun

  1. A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
  2. A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
  3. A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
  4. A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  5. A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
  6. A village and neighborhood of the city of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
  7. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
  8. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
  9. A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  10. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
  11. A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
  12. An English earldom.
  13. A male given name
  14. A male given name transferred from the place name
  15. A male given name, variant of Devin
  16. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
  17. A surname.
Wiktionary contributors Wiktionary contributors

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/ˈdɛvən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

See this word in context.

But the most interesting thing that I saw during the journey was the Devon Ironworks.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
There used to be in the south of Devon a pack or cry of the genuine old English or southern hounds.
William YouattThe DogProject Gutenberg ebook #9478
More book examples (3)
To change from Devon to Australia is not such a change in many respects as merely to cross over from Devon to Normandy.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
Young Baskerville stared eagerly out of the window, and cried aloud with delight as he recognized the familiar features of the Devon scenery.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the BaskervillesProject Gutenberg ebook #3070
As might be expected, the pack-horses held their ground in Dartmoor the longest, and in some parts of North Devon they are not yet extinct.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939