lown

/laʊn/

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Scotland/lʌun/

lown noun: calm, tranquillity.

Noun (1)

lown (plural lowns)

(Scotland) Calm, tranquillity.
A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.

Adjective

lown (comparative lowner, superlative lownest)

(Scotland) Peaceful, calm.
- Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish.1826 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

Noun (2)

lown (plural lowns)

(obsolete) A low fellow.

Proper noun capitalized: Lown

Lown (plural Lowns)

A surname.

Forms of lown

Noun
plural	lowns
Adjective
comparative	lowner
superlative	lownest
Proper noun
plural	Lowns

Origin of lown

From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn (“windstillness”), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

See loon.

* As an English surname, variant of Lond, from Middle English launde (“glade”). Possibly also a variant of Lund. Compare Lon. * As a Dutch surname, named after Louvain in Belgium.

Words formed from lown

Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome

Words that rhyme with lown

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Questions about lown

What does lown mean?: Lown means calm, tranquillity.
What part of speech is lown?: Lown can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lown?: Lown is pronounced /laʊn/.
What is the plural of lown?: The plural of lown is lowns.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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