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# devon

«devon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a county in south-west England, with moors, beaches and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (Devon); in Australia also a common noun (devon — a kind of sliced sausage meat)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Devon is a county in south-west England, with moors, beaches and farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#m1)

2) In Australia, devon is a large, mild sausage cut into thin slices for sandwiches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#m2)

3) Devon is also a person's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Devon is a county of England with Dartmoor and coasts on two seas. In everyday life it is famous for cream teas. In Australia, «devon and tomato sauce sandwiches» are a lunchbox food. Phrases: «in Devon», «Devon cream tea».

### examples

- We went on holiday to Devon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#x1)
- Devon has beaches on two different coasts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#x2)
- Dartmoor is a big moor in Devon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#x3)
- A Devon cream tea has scones, jam and cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#x4)
- In Australia, Gran made me a devon sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#x5)
- Devon is next to Cornwall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/#x6)

### note

As a place or name it always takes a capital letter: «Devon». Only in Australia is the meat called «devon», with a small d; elsewhere similar meat is called «luncheon meat» or «bologna». Not a number word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «devon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.