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Owen
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owen
English
Etymology
From various origins. See below:
Pronunciation
en /ˈoʊɪn/ GA
en /ˈəʊɪn/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Owen.wav Southern England
en əʊɪn 2
en əʊən 2
Proper noun
~
en male.
en male Welsh, an anglicization of en cy Owain.
en male Irish, an anglicization of en ga Eoghan.
en.
en Lisa Respers France Country star Jake Owen claps back at anti-LGBTQ commenter w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/entertainment/jake-owen-lgbtq-clap-back 2019-06-27 Please “Believe” that Jake Owen will not allow people to diss the LGBTQ community. https://web.archive.org/web/20260208075526/https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/entertainment/jake-owen-lgbtq-clap-back
en Welsh < patronymics derived from the given name.
en Irish < patronymics, a variant of McKeown.
en Scottish Gaelic < patronymics, a variant of MacEwen.
A place name:
en town s/Baden-Württemberg c/Germany.
en rural community in carea/Wakefield s/South Australia.
en ucomm s/Indiana ; named for county official John Owen.en eponyms
en ghost town co/Lincoln County s/Missouri ; named for local merchant James W. Owen.
en minor city co/Clark County s/Wisconsin ; named for the John S. Owen Company.
en A number of <<townships>> in the United States, including one in <<s/Illinois>>, four in <<s/Indiana>> and one in <<s/Iowa>>, listed under Owen Township.
Derived terms
en Owenian Owenism Owenist Owenite Owen Falls Owen Stanley Range Owensboro Owen Sound Owenton St Owen's Cross
Translations
town in Germany
German:
Swabian: swg Aoe
Marathi: mr आउअन
Anagrams
en enow enow owne wone
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb
From ceb en Owen.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English < Welsh
German
de:
Etymology
From de gmh Owen (13th c.), from gmh ouwe floodplain, riverbank, river island. See de Aue for more. The pronunciation developed regularly; the spelling was unusually preserved from gmh -. de Au Aue Auen names of various other localities.
Pronunciation
de /ˈaʊ̯ən/
de De-Owen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Auen
Proper noun
toponym
de town s/en:Baden-Württemberg c/en:Germany Owen
de /ˈaʊ̯ən/ sagen die Schlauen, /ˈoːvən/ die Doofen. The smart say /ˈaʊ̯ən/, the stupid say /ˈoːvən/. humorous local rhyming phrase exemplifying the correct pronunciation
Plautdietsch
Noun
pdt noun m plural Owes
oven, stove
Spanish
Etymology
es :ubor en:Owen + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es male English < Welsh
Transylvanian Saxon
Etymology
From gmw-tsx gmw-pro *ofn, from gmw-tsx gem-pro *uhnaz. Cognates include de Ofen, lb Uewen and en oven.
Noun
gmw-tsx noun
gmw-tsx Brașov oven
See also
gmw-tsx Îewen
References
Adelheid Frățilă, Hildegard-Anna Falk, Das Siebenbürgisch-Säschsische. Eine Inselmundart im Vergleich mit dem Hochdeutschen, Neue Didaktik, 2011