"Collen" meaning in English

See Collen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Collens [plural], Collin [alternative], Colin [alternative]
Etymology: Coll + -en. Variant of Colin. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Coll|en}} Coll + -en Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Collen (plural Collens)
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Collen-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Anglicization of French Cologne. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|Cologne}} French Cologne Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Collen
  1. Obsolete form of Cologne (city in Germany). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: Cologne (extra: city in Germany)
    Sense id: en-Collen-en-name-bFdeefCV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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