Owen

See also: owen

English

Etymology

From various origins. Check below:

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Owen

  1. A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Welsh Owain.
  2. A male given name from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Eoghan.
  3. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from the given name.
  4. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of McKeown.
  5. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of MacEwen.
  6. A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  7. A city in Wisconsin; named for the John S. Owen Company.
  8. A community in South Australia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for county official John Owen.
  10. A ghost town in Missouri; named for local merchant James W. Owen.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Owen.

Proper noun

Owen

  1. a male given name from Welsh

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ouwe (terrain, landscape by water, in water, island). Doublet of Aue (floodplain); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ən/
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Proper noun

Owen n (proper noun, genitive Owens or (optionally with an article) Owen)

  1. Owen (a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Owen m (plural Owes)

  1. oven, stove

Transylvanian Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz. Cognates include German Ofen, Luxembourgish Uewen and English oven.

Noun

Owen

  1. (Brașov) oven

See also

References

  • Adelheid Frățilă, Hildegard-Anna Falk, Das Siebenbürgisch-Säschsische. Eine Inselmundart im Vergleich mit dem Hochdeutschen, Neue Didaktik, 2011
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