/bon/ ; Fr. /bawonn/ , n.
Cape , a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943. Also called Ras Addar .
/bawn/ , n.
an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars. Also called Feast of Lanterns .
[ Urabon ullambana lit., hanging upside down (a metaphor for the suffering brought on by physical desires) ]