Collen

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of Cologne (city in Germany). alt-of, obsolete

    "Charlemaygne builded the Bridge in Collen and founded Munster in Germany, and in the yeare 864. the country of Holland began to bee an Earldome, being two yeares after the Bulgarians had receiued the Christian faith."

Example

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"Charlemaygne builded the Bridge in Collen and founded Munster in Germany, and in the yeare 864. the country of Holland began to bee an Earldome, being two yeares after the Bulgarians had receiued the Christian faith."

Etymology

Variant of Colin.

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