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Conway
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English
Etymology
Anglicization of en cy Conwy
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɒnweɪ/
Proper noun
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A placename:
The River Conway, the former English name of the en Conwy River Conwy in North Wales.
The former English spelling of en Conwy, a town in North Wales.
en number of places c/USA:
en city/county seat co/Faulkner County s/Arkansas.
en CDP co/Orange County s/Florida.
en minor city co/Taylor County s/Iowa.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Jackson co/McPherson County s/Kansas.
en village co/Union Parish s/Louisiana.
en town co/Franklin County s/Massachusetts.
en CDP twp:Suf/Little Traverse co/Emmet County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Livingston County s/Michigan.
en minor city co/Laclede County s/Missouri.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Carroll County s/New Hampshire.
en minor city co/Walsh County s/North Dakota.
en town co/Northampton County s/North Carolina.
en bor in co/Beaver County s/Pennsylvania.
en city/county seat co/Horry County s/South Carolina.
en short river s/Virginia.
en CDP co/Skagit County s/Washington.
en locality in r:Suf/Whitsunday s/Queensland c/Australia.
en river in north r/Canterbury c/New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.
en countable en habitational Welsh derived from the former spelling of Conwy, the town or river in North Wales.
en Malcolm W. Browne Intellectual Duel: Brash Challenge, Swift Response w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/30/science/intellectual-duel-brash-challenge-swift-response.html 1988-08-30 The two main figures in a high-stakes clash of wits inspired by this number series were Dr. John Conway, a professor of mathematics at Princeton University in New Jersey and Dr. Colin L. Mallows, a mathematician at A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J. https://web.archive.org/web/20251201040311/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/30/science/intellectual-duel-brash-challenge-swift-response.html 1 December 2025
en countable en male surnames.
Quotations
IV XI 39 And Conway which out of his streame doth send / Plenty of pearles to decke his dames withall,
Derived terms
en Center Conway Conway County Conway criterion Conway's constant Conway's law Conway polynomial North Conway