Cowell

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A town in Franklin Harbour district, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, named after John Clayton Cowell.
  3. 3
    A former unincorporated community annexed to Concord, Contra Costa County, California, United States, named after Joshua Cowell.

Etymology

* As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from McCool. * As an English surname, from several places named Cowhill, analyzable as cow + hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to cow + Leigh. * Also as an English surname, variant of Cole. * As a Polish, Carpathian Rusyn and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kowal.

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