Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva;
often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara;
identified with Japanese Kwannon;
[syn: Kwan-yin, Kuan Yin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kwan yin \Kwan yin\, Kwan-yin \Kwan-yin\prop. n. (Buddhism)
A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and
considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara;
identified with Japanese Kwannon.
Syn: Kuan Yin.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Kwan-yin
n 1: (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of
mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva
Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon [syn:
Kwan-yin, Kuan Yin]