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Galen
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galen galèn
English
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Pronunciation
en /ˈɡeɪlən/ UK,US
Etymology 1
thumb|A 17th-century engraving of Galen (en Roman and Greek physician) by Georg P. Busch
From en enm Galen, from en la Galēnus, from en grc Γαληνός, from grc γαλήνη calm, tranquillity.n 3298469322
Proper noun
en Roman and Greek physician Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus, a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher (129 – 216 ).
en male Ancient Greek of mostly American usage.
Derived terms
en Galenian Galenic Galenism Galenist
Translations
Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher
Arabic: ar جَالِينُوس m
Armenian: hy Գալեն, hy Գաղիանոս
Old Armenian: xcl Գաղիանոս
Bulgarian: bg Гале́н m
Catalan: ca Galè m
German: de Galen m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Γαληνός
Italian: it Galeno
Kashmiri: ks جٲلیٖنوٗس
Latin: la Galenus
Persian: fa جالینوس jâlinus
Russian: ru Гале́н m
Spanish: es Galeno
Noun
en physician A physician.
en 24 November 1832 Gossip Weston Hatfield Huntingdon, Bedford, & Peterborough Gazette, and Cambridge and Hertford Independent Press XXII 1,058 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Printed by the Editor, Weston Hatfield,and published at the Office, Black Bear-court, Sidney-street, Cambridge [4] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/795042793/ 5 265140556 It has been computed, that by intrusting a well-concocted and tolerably interesting lie, in strictest confidence, to two fashionable Galens, in full practice, and four determined morning visitors or levee haunters, the story will reach 7,963 individuals in the course of four-and-twenty hours,—1
I When Greek Meets Greek Then Comes the Tug of War 242 It was well known at Barchester, and very well known to Dr. Fillgrave, the Barchester Galen, that the great railway contractor was ill.
Etymology 2
A reduced form of en nl van Galen.
A variant of en Galyon or en Gallon.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Galen is the 35671st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 630 individuals. Galen is most common among White (92.38%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en aegln -angle Angel Angle Elgan Lange Legan Nagle agnel angel angle genal glean lenga
en Individuals
Luxembourgish
Noun
lb noun form
lb Gal