powan

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powan

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Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic pollan. Doublet of pollan.

noun powans

Coregonus clupeoides, a species of freshwater whitefish endemic to Loch Lomond in Scotland.

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"powan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/powan. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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powan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/powan

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"powan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/powan.

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@misc{powan_2026,
  title = {powan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/powan},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}