warren

Meanings

1. A system of burrows in which rabbits live.
2. A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
3. The class of small game such as hare, pheasants, stoats, etc., as opposed to beasts of chase such as deer, bear, and foxes.
4. A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
5. The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.

1. A surname from Old French.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
3. A placename:
4. A location in Australia.
5. A town in New South Wales.
6. A local government area in central-northern New South Wales which includes the town; in full, Warren Shire.
7. A geographic region in southern Western Australia.
8. A place in Canada:
9. A community in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands, Manitoba; named for railroad executive A. E. Warren.
10. A community in Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario.
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. A community in the city of Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.

1. * see: The Warren.

Etymology

From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root. Alternatively from Gaulish *warrennā (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warrā (“post, prop”).

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