Collen

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Collen¹

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Coll + -en. Variant of Colin.

proper noun Collens · Collin · Colin

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Collen²

Where it comes from

Anglicization of French Cologne.

proper noun

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of Cologne (city in Germany). Charlemaygne builded the Bridge in Collen and founded Munster in Germany, and in the yeare 864. the country of Holland began to bee an Earldome, being two yeares after the Bulgarians had receiued the Christian faith.

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@misc{collen_2026,
  title = {Collen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/collen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}