Owen
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊɪn/
- Rhymes: -əʊɪn
- Rhymes: -əʊən
Proper noun
Owen
- A male given name, an anglicization of Welsh Owain.
- A male given name, an anglicization of Irish Eoghan.
- A Welsh patronymic surname derived from the given name.
- An Irish patronymic surname, a variant of McKeown.
- An Scottish patronymic surname, a variant of MacEwen.
- A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- A city in Wisconsin; named for the John S. Owen Company.
- 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.
Quotations
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):: Act II, Scene II:
- This Edmund, in the reign of Bolingbroke,
- As I have read, laid claim unto the crown;
- And but for Owen Glendower, had been king,
- Who kept him in captivity till he died.
Translations
town in Germany
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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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