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Rowena
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Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Redwood County, Minnesota.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Wasco County, Oregon.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas.
- 9 A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
- 10 A town in Walgett Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
From the name of the daughter of Hengist and wife of Vortigern in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century pseudohistorical Latin work Historia regum Britanniae. There have been attempts to connect it to some unattested Old English or Common Brittonic name, but without any real evidence. It was revived after Walter Scott used it in his novel Ivanhoe (1819). Some places are named after Lady Rowena in the novel.
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