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Machen

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation].
  2. 2
    A village in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2189).

Etymology

Etymology 1

Occupational surname for a stonemason, from Anglo-Norman machun, dialectal Norman variant of Old French maçon. Compare Mason.

Etymology 2

From Welsh ma (“place (of)”) + the personal name Cein.

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