English Explanatory Dictionary

Bowden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place name:
  3. A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8448).
  4. A hamlet in Kington Magna parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7723).
  5. A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5530).
  6. An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States.
  7. A census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
name
  1. A town in Alberta, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈbaʊdən/ /ˈboʊdən/

Word forms

Bowden

Etymology

* As an English surname, from several places in England, derived from Old English boga (“bow”) + dun (“hill”). * Also as an English surname, from Old English būfan dun (“above the hill”). * As a Scottish surname, from the place in Roxburghshire from Old English bōthl (“dwelling house”) + denu (“valley”). * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Buadáin (literally “descendant of Buadán”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Bawden.

Related words

Bowdon

Derived words

Bowden cable Great Bowden Little Bowden
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