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Rowena

Rowena proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Rowena

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky.
  4. An unincorporated community in Redwood County, Minnesota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri.
  6. A census-designated place in Wasco County, Oregon.
  7. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
  8. An unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas.
  9. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
  10. A town in Walgett Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of Rowena

From the name of the daughter of Hengist and wife of Vortigern in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century pseudohistorical Latin work Historia regum Britanniae. There have been attempts to connect it to some unattested Old English or Common Brittonic name, but without any real evidence. It was revived after Walter Scott used it in his novel Ivanhoe (1819). Some places are named after Lady Rowena in the novel.

Questions about Rowena

What does Rowena mean?
Rowena means a female given name from the Germanic languages.
What part of speech is Rowena?
Rowena is a proper noun.

Words near Rowena in the dictionary

  1. Rowella
  2. rowelled
  3. rowelling
  4. rowels
  5. rowen
  6. Rowena
  7. Rowenna
  8. rowens
  9. rower
  10. rower's high
  11. rowers

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