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gowan

/ˈɡəʊ.ən/

gowan noun: a common daisy (Bellis perennis).

Noun

gowan (countable and uncountable, plural gowans)

  1. (Northumbria, countable) A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
    • We twa hae run about the braes,
      and pou’d the gowans fine;
      But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
      sin' auld lang syne.1788, Robert Burns, 'Auld Lang Syne'
    • Upjohn wrote this slim volume, which, if you recall, was about preparatory schools, and in it, so Kipper tells me, said that the time spent in these establishments was the happiest of our lives. Ye Ed passed it on to Kipper for comment, and he, remembering the dark days at Malvern House...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
  2. (uncountable) Decomposed granite.

Proper noun capitalized: Gowan

Gowan (plural Gowans)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A locality in the Bathurst council area and the Cabonne council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.

gowan meaning in Tamil

gowan in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of gowan

Noun
pluralgowans
Proper noun
pluralGowans

Origin of gowan

From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?].

Shortened form of McGowan.

Words formed from gowan

Words that rhyme with gowan

Questions about gowan

What does gowan mean?
Gowan means a common daisy (Bellis perennis).
What is gowan in Tamil?
Gowan in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Gowan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gowan?
Gowan can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gowan?
Gowan is pronounced /ˈɡəʊ.ən/.
What is the plural of gowan?
The plural of gowan is gowans.

Words near gowan in the dictionary

  1. govvies
  2. govvy
  3. govware
  4. gow
  5. Gow.
  6. gowan
  7. Gowanbrae
  8. gowaned
  9. Gowanford
  10. Gowang
  11. Gowangardie

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