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rowan¹
- /ˈɹəʊ.ən/ UK
- /ˈɹaʊ.ən/ UK
- /ˈɹaʊ.ən/ Northern England, Scotland
- /ˈɹoʊ.ən/ US
- /ˈɹaʊ.ən/ US, uncommon
Rhymes with -əʊən, -aʊən
Where it comes from
Originally Scots and northern English, from Middle English ron, rone, compare also Northern English raan, ran. At first referring to its fruits, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse reynir.
Also related to Norwegian Bokmål rogn, Danish røn. Ultimately related to the root of red.
noun rowans · roan
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Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring.
Similar: mountain ash, quickbeam, wicken, wicky
- Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
- wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.
rowan²
noun rowans
- Alternative form of rowen (“aftermath”).
rowan³
noun rowans
- Dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).
rowan⁴
noun rowans
- Alternative form of rown (“fish-eggs”).
Rowan⁵
- /ɹəʊən/ UK
- /ɹoʊən/ US
- /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
- /ˌɹoʊˈæn/
Rhymes with -əʊən
Where it comes from
Anglicised from the Irish saints' name Ruadhán (“little red one”), or as a surname from Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).
proper noun
- A surname from Irish.
- A male given name from Irish.
- A unisex given name from English of modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree.
- A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Morehead. Rowan County. He was a native of Elliott county, but he had lived for a few years in Rowan. In March, 1885, he was riding along the public road, about six miles from Morehead, when he was shot from ambush and killed.
- One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Salisbury. Rowan County. [...] his family came to North Carolina in 1783, finally settling in Rowan, while others of the connection settled in Caldwell and Burke.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rowan tree, sorbus aucuparia, sorb, ash, institute, ruan, rouen, ron, robinson, ravan, european rowan, rowanberry, rowan berry, mountain ash, rowan-berry, wicken
Translations
Every language
noun Sorbus aucuparia
| Español | serbal de los cazadores, azarollo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유럽마가목 yureommagamok |
| 日本語 | セイヨウナナカマド |
| Português | tramazeira, cornogodinho |
| Français | sorbier des oiseleurs |
| Deutsch | Eberesche, Vogelbeere |
| Italiano | sorbo degli uccellatori |
| Ελληνικά | σουρβιά των πτηνοθήρων sourviá ton ptinothíron, σορβιά sorviá |
| Română | scoruș-de-munte, scoruș-păsăresc |
| Русский | ряби́на обыкнове́нная rjabína obyknovénnaja, ряби́на rjabína |
| العربية | غُبَيْرَاء ḡubayrāʔ, غُبَيْرَاء أُورُوبِّيَّة ḡubayrāʔ ʔūrūbbiyya |
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