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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

Don Juan

/ˌdɒn ˈ(h)wɑːn/

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What does Don Juan mean?

noun

  1. A man who obsessively seduces women.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌdɒn ˈ(h)wɑːn/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌdɒn ˈdʒʊən/

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There is a long speech by Stenio, addressed to Don Juan, whom he regrets to have taken as his model.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
Who knows but that the score of DON JUAN TRIUMPHANT might yet be discovered in the house on the lake?
Gaston LerouxThe Phantom of the OperaProject Gutenberg ebook #175
More book examples (3)
He went as near as his century permitted to walking the world literally like Don Juan, with rapier and guitar.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe wisdom of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #223
Don Juan had with him a retainer, who was as much like many of the characters in Gil Blas as his master.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
At night we came to the house of Don Juan Fuentes, a rich landed proprietor, but not personally known to either of my companions.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944