Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Southern US, not comparable)At or in a distant but indicated place.

    Whose doublewide is that over yonder?

    dort drüben, dort, drüben

    вон та́мvon tám, тамtam

    онon, тамtam, отамotam

    at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (‘yon’ is archaic and dialectal)

  2. (archaic, dialectal, not comparable)Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.

    They headed on over yonder.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Look over yonder.

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  2. I put my pencils yonder on the bed.

    ruЯ положил карандаши вон туда, на кровать.

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  3. Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel?

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  4. "The city lieth yonder," and he pointed over his shoulder toward the smoking mountains.

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  5. That person yonder will run.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in a distant, indicated place:
Русский
By meaning 1
in a distant, indicated place:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in a distant, indicated place:

Origin

From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yon

From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither.

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (‘yon’ is archaic and dialectal):yon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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