Devon

From 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛv.ən/, /ˈdiː.vən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛvən, -iːvən

The former pronunciation should be used for all except the river; the latter pronunciation should be used for the river only.

Devon

2. A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
4. A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
6. A river in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
7. A place in Canada:
   2. A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
   3. A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
   4. A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
8. A place in the United States:
   1. A village and neighborhood of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
   2. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
   4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
   6. A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
   7. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
9. A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
10. An English earldom.
11. A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin.
    • 2013, Diane Chamberlain, Necessary Lies, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 59:

      "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 that stuck […] "

12. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
    • 2025 August 15, Jusolyn Flower, “Assistant attorney general arrested in Newport”, in WPRI‎^[1]:

      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 Appellate Unit of the Criminal Division.

13. A surname.

• (county): Devonshire

• → Russian: Де́вон (Dévon)

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Devon is the 34353^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 660 individuals. Devon is most common among White (72.73%) and Black/African American (17.12%) individuals.

Devon (plural Devons)

1. One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.

• doven

• IPA^(key): /deˈvoːn/

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Devon n (proper noun, genitive Devons or (optionally with an article) Devon)

1. Devon (a county of England)
2. Devon (a town in Alberta, Canada)
3. Devon (a small rural community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
4. Devon (a former town in New Brunswick, Canada, now a part of Fredericton)
5. Devon (a village and neighborhood of Milford, Connecticut, United States)
6. Devon (an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States)
7. Devon (an unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States)
8. Devon (a census-designated place in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States)
9. Devon (an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States)
10. the Devonian

• Silur
• Karbon
• Paläozoikum

Unadapted borrowing from English Devon.

Devon ?

1. Devon (a county of England)