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lown¹

  • /laʊn/
  • /lʌun/ Scotland

Rhymes with -aʊn, -ʌun

Where it comes from

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”).

noun lowns

  1. Scotland Calm, tranquillity.
  2. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.

adjective lowner · lownest

  1. Scotland Peaceful, calm. Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish.

lown²

Where it comes from

See loon.

noun lowns

  1. obsolete A low fellow.

Lown³

Where it comes from

* 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.

proper noun Lowns

  1. A surname.

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

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@misc{lown_2026,
  title = {lown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}