"Gwen" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡwɛn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gwen.wav
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: A female given name from Welsh, shortened from Gwendolen or Guinevere. Etymology templates: {{der|en|cy|-}} Welsh Head templates: {{en-prop}} Gwen
  1. A female given name Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Gwen-en-name-44it7l9B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries
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          "text": "The Petito case, which is still unfolding (her fiancé, with whom she’d been travelling, is believed to be in hiding) seemed like another instance of what the late journalist Gwen Ifill famously described as “missing white woman syndrome”: a hunger for stories about victims who look like Petito, to the exclusion of all others.",
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