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Cowell

Cowell proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Cowell

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Franklin Harbour district, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, named after John Clayton Cowell.
  3. A former unincorporated community annexed to Concord, Contra Costa County, California, United States, named after Joshua Cowell.

Origin of Cowell

* As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from McCool. * As an English surname, from several places named Cowhill, analyzable as cow + hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to cow + Leigh. * Also as an English surname, variant of Cole. * As a Polish, Carpathian Rusyn and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kowal.

Words formed from Cowell

Questions about Cowell

What does Cowell mean?
Cowell means a surname.
What part of speech is Cowell?
Cowell is a proper noun.

Words near Cowell in the dictionary

  1. cowed
  2. cowedly
  3. cowedness
  4. coween
  5. coweens
  6. Cowell
  7. Cowellian
  8. cowen
  9. cowens
  10. cower
  11. cowered

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