"Cowan" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cowan
  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic; an anglicization of mac Eoghainn (“son of Ewen”)
    Sense id: en-Cowan-en-name-YGPgYayb Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A surname from Irish; an anglicization of mac Eógain (“son of Owen”)
    Sense id: en-Cowan-en-name-Vby6A3Rb Categories (other): English surnames
  3. A Jewish surname from Hebrew; a variant of Cohen.
    Sense id: en-Cowan-en-name-7TcxAKPp Categories (other): English surnames
  4. A city in Tennessee; named after Dr. James Benjamin Cowan, a Civil War-era doctor whose family had lived in the area since the early 1800s. Categories (place): Cities in Tennessee, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Tennessee, USA, Places in the United States Synonyms: Cowans [Scottish, surname], Cowin [Scottish, surname], Cowing [Scottish, surname]
    Sense id: en-Cowan-en-name-DdAq4XFT
  5. A town in New South Wales. Apparently an anglicization of a Yuin-Kuric word meaning “big water”. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in New South Wales, Towns in Australia, Towns in New South Wales
    Sense id: en-Cowan-en-name-~v2J7p6u
  6. A town in Manitoba. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Manitoba, Towns in Canada, Towns in Manitoba
    Sense id: en-Cowan-en-name-V5KZdL6B
  7. A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Categories (place): Census-designated places in California, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Cowan-en-name-390ObC2d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 6 8 20 5 39

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