yon

yon  (yn)

adv. & adj.

Yonder.

pron. Regional

That one or those yonder.

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[Middle English, short for yond, yond; see yond and yonder, yonder; see yonder. Pron., Middle English, from Old English geon; see i- in Indo-European roots.]

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yon [jɒn], yond [jɒnd]

determiner

1. Chiefly Scot and northern English

a.  an archaic or dialect word for that yon man

b.  (as pronoun) yon's a fool

2. variants of yonder

[Old English geon; related to Old Frisian jen, Old High German jenēr, Old Norse enn, Gothic jains]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	yon - distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" yonder distant - separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
Adv.	1.	yon - at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham yonder

Translations

yon [jɒn] ADV (poet or dial) → aquel