Definition of "tawn"

tawn¹

/tɔːn/

verb
third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned
1. (transitive) To tan, make tawny.
noun
plural tawns
1. (rare) A tan.
  Quotations
  In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.
  1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 5”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley

proper noun
1. (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
  Quotations
  12:30pm: Went tahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry.
  2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, in The Bermuda Sun‎, archived from the original on 12 December 2022
noun
plural tawns
1. (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.