Bowen

//ˈbəʊ.ən// name

name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  2. 2
    A Chinese character-derived script formerly used to write the Bai languages. historical
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A town and district in the General Alvear Department, Mendoza, Argentina.
  5. 5
    A coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An extinct town in Las Animas County, Colorado.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rio Grande County, Colorado.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Hancock County, Illinois.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henry County and Johnson County, Missouri.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Washington County, Nebraska.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.

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"A six-foot-tall plastic Tyrannosaurus rex stands guard outside Robert Bowen’s fossil shop on Pine Street in downtown, Kemmerer, Wyo."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Welsh ap Owain (“son of Owen”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 僰文 (bówén).

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