Bowen

See also: bowen, bōwén, and bówén

English

Etymology 1

From Welsh ap Owain (“son of Owen”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.ən/

Proper noun

Bowen

1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A town and district in the General Alvear Department, Mendoza, Argentina.
4. A coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An extinct town in Las Animas County, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Rio Grande County, Colorado.
   3. A village in Hancock County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Henry County and Johnson County, Missouri.
   5. A ghost town in Washington County, Nebraska.
   6. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

• Bowen Hills
• Bowenia
• bowenite
• Bowen knot
• Bowenoid
• Bowen ratio
• Bowen's disease
• Bowen's kale
• Bowen's reaction series
• Bowen technique
• Bowen theory

 

Translations

coastal Australian town

• Arabic: بوين

  Egyptian Arabic: بوين

• Dutch: Bowen
• French: Bowen (fr)
• German: Bowen (de)
• Persian: بوون (fa)
• Polish: Bowen
• Romanian: Bowen
• Swedish: Bowen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 僰文 (bówén).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbəʊˈwɛn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌboʊˈwɛn/

Proper noun

Bowen

1. (historical) A Chinese character-derived script formerly used to write the Bai languages.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 僰文 (bówén), 白文 (zh) (báiwén), 方塊白文／方块白文 (fāngkuài báiwén), 古白文 (gǔbáiwén)

Anagrams

• Bowne, benow, bewon, bowne