What is "woon"

Woon \Woon\, n. Dwelling. See Wone. [Obs.]

n. (context obsolete English) dwelling; wone

WOON (1240 AM, "O-N 1240") is Woonsocket, Rhode Island's oldest radio station, having taken to the air on November 11, 1946 as WWON, a callsign it kept until the current WOON became available in 1992. The change in call became effective on February 3, 1992. On June 26, 1949 WWON added a sister station with WWON-FM on 105.5Mc/s. later moving to 106.3Mc/s. That station is now WWKX.

WWON was owned by the local newspaper The Woonsocket Call for a time. It is currently owned by O-N Radio, Inc. WOON's programming day consists of almost exclusively locally originating programming with a few exceptions (Cowboy Corner, Old Time Radio, The Cowboy Show, and a few other shows). WOON's format is "full-service" meaning it mixes news/talk and music (in WOON's case: oldies & Adult Contemporary among others).

Woon is a surname with various origins. It is a word in the old Cornish language, meaning 'downlander', and remains a common name in Cornwall. It is also one possible spelling of the Minnan pronunciation of the Chinese surname romanized in Mandarin pinyin as Wen.

People with the Chinese surname Woon include:

• Woon Sui Kut (1929–2013), Singaporean sports official
• Woon Swee Oan (born 1954), Malaysian writer
• Woon Tai Ho (born 1958), Singaporean journalist
• Walter Woon (born 1956), Attorney General of Singapore
• Woon Khe Wei (born 1989), Malaysian badminton player

Other people with the surname Woon include:

• John Woon (1823–?), U.S. Navy sailor during the American Civil War
• Basil Woon (1893–1974), British-born American writer
• Peter Woon (1931–2014), British journalist)
• Andy Woon (born 1952), British football forward
• Jamie Woon (born 1983), British singer

Category:Chinese-language surnames