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Gowan

//ˈɡəʊ.ən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. 2
    A locality in the Bathurst council area and the Cabonne council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A common daisy (Bellis perennis). Northumbria, countable

    "We twa hae run about the braes, and pou’d the gowans fine; But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit, sin' auld lang syne."

  2. 2
    Decomposed granite. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?].

Etymology 2

Shortened form of McGowan.

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