Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gibbon
IPA transcription: [ɡ'ɪbən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gibbon, Hylobates_lar
    Meaning: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
  • Synonyms: Gibbon, Edward_Gibbon
    Meaning: English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
Usage examples
  • That's what Gibbon was.
  • Gibbon writes of Constantine that "the same year of his reign in which he convened the council of Nice was polluted by the execution, or rather murder, of his eldest son."