Owen
See also: owen
English
Etymology
From various origins. See below:
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊɪn/
- Rhymes: -əʊɪn
- Rhymes: -əʊən
Proper noun
Owen
- A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Welsh Owain.
- A male given name from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Eoghan.
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from the given name.
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of McKeown.
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of MacEwen.
- A place name:
- A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- A community in South Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for county official John Owen.
- A ghost town in Missouri; named for local merchant James W. Owen.
- A city in Wisconsin; named for the John S. Owen Company.
- A number of townships in the United States, including one in Illinois, four in Indiana and one in Iowa, listed under Owen Township.
Derived terms
Translations
town in Germany
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Cebuano
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/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Owen n (proper noun, genitive Owens or (optionally with an article) Owen)
- Owen (a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈowen/ [ˈo.wẽn]
- Rhymes: -owen
- Syllabification: O‧wen
Transylvanian Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz. Cognates include German Ofen, Luxembourgish Uewen and English 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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