Conway

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Conway

  • /ˈkɒnweɪ/

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Anglicization of Welsh Conwy

proper noun Conways

  1. countable, uncountable The River Conway, the former English name of the River Conwy in North Wales.
  2. countable, uncountable The former English spelling of Conwy, a town in North Wales.
  3. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas.
  4. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
  5. countable, uncountable A minor city in Taylor County, Iowa.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, McPherson County, Kansas.
  7. countable, uncountable A village in Union Parish, Louisiana.
  8. countable, uncountable A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
  9. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Little Traverse Township, Emmet County, Michigan.
  10. countable, uncountable A township in Livingston County, Michigan.
  11. countable, uncountable A minor city in Laclede County, Missouri.
  12. countable, uncountable A town and census-designated place therein, in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  13. countable, uncountable A minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
  14. countable, uncountable A town in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  15. countable, uncountable A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
  16. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Horry County, South Carolina.
  17. countable, uncountable A short river in Virginia.
  18. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington.
  19. countable, uncountable A locality in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
  20. countable, uncountable A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.
  21. countable A habitational surname from Welsh derived from the former spelling of Conwy, the town or river in North Wales. The two main figures in a high-stakes clash of wits inspired by this number series were Dr. John Conway, a professor of mathematics at Princeton University in New Jersey and Dr. Colin L. Mallows, a mathematician at A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J.
  22. countable A male given name transferred from the surname.

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Closest in meaning: seymour, communicate, transmit, express, impart, relay, deliver, disclose, articulate, proclaim, announce, pass, send, reveal, transfer, carry

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"Conway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/conway. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Conway. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/conway

Chicago

"Conway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/conway.

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@misc{conway_2026,
  title = {Conway},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conway},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}