Owen may refer to:
Origin: The name Owen is of
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
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Welsh origin.
Its meanings range from noble, youthful, and well-born.
Gender: Owen is historically the masculine form of the name. Popular feminine variations include Eowyn and Owena. Pronunciation: OH-en
People and fictional characters
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Owen (name) Owen is usually an anglicised variant of the Welsh name, Welsh personal name . Originally a patronymic, Owen became a fixed surname in Wales beginning with the reign of Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. Etymologists consider it to originate from '' ...
, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
Places
United States
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Owen, Indiana
Owen is an unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clark County, Indiana.
History
Owen was originally called Herculaneum, and under the latter name was founded in 1830. A post office was established in Owen in 1878, and remained in operation ...
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Owen, Missouri, a ghost town
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Owen, Wisconsin
Owen is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 940 at the 2010 census. Owen is located directly east of the village of Withee, which is about half the size of Owen.
History
In 1880 the Wisconsin Central Railr ...
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Owen County, Indiana
Owen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1920 the United States Census Bureau calculated the mean center of U.S. population to fall within this county. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 21,575. Its coun ...
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Owen County, Kentucky
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Mount Owen (Colorado)
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Mount Owen (Wyoming)
Mount Owen () is the second highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is named after William O. Owen, who organized the first documented ascent of the Grand Teton in 1898. Mount Owen is part ...
Elsewhere
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Owen Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
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Owen, South Australia, a small town
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Owen, Germany, town in Baden-Württemberg
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Mount Owen (disambiguation)
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Port Owen
''Port Owen'' is a man-made marina in the town of Velddrif, 145 km from Cape Town, on the west coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa. Velddrif, which has incorporated the village of Laaiplek has the lowest crime statistics in South Afric ...
, South Africa
Ships
* , a destroyer that took part in World War II and the Korean War
* , a British Royal Navy frigate
Other uses
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Owen (automobile)
The Owen was a brass era luxury automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Owen Motor Car Company from 1910 to 1912.
History
The Owen designed by Ralph Owen was a luxury automobile with a 50-hp, four-cylinder engine. It had progressive fea ...
, an American car made from 1910 to 1914
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Owen (musician)
Owen is a solo project of Mike Kinsella, and part of the Chicago, Illinois indie rock scene.
Kinsella is one of the dominant and influential figures in the Chicago indie scene, having also led the band American Football, and played in the ban ...
, a solo project of American indie rock singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella
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''Owen'' (album), a 2001 album
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Owen (hippopotamus)
Owen and Mzee are a hippopotamus and an Aldabra giant tortoise, respectively, that became the subject of media attention after forming an unusual bond of friendship. They live in Haller Park, Bamburi, Kenya.
Owen was separated from his herd as a ...
, a young orphan hippopotamus who formed a bond with a giant tortoise
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Owen gun
The Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and constructed service submachine gun of World War II and was used ...
, an Australian World War II submachine gun
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Owen Graduate School of Management
The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1969, Owen awards six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administ ...
, the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University
See also
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Owen Fracture Zone
The Owen Fracture Zone (OFZ), though misnamed a fracture zone, is a transform fault in the northwest Indian Ocean that separates the Arabian and African Plates from the Indian Plate. Extending north-northeast from where the Carlsberg Ridge meets ...
, a transform fault which runs along the eastern boundary of the Arabian Plate, separating it from the Indo-Australian Plate
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Owen Owen
Owen Owen was a Liverpool-based operator of department stores in the United Kingdom and Canada. Beginning with a drapery shop in Liverpool, a chain of department stores was built up, often by taking over rival retailers. The company remained u ...
, UK department store chain
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''D.R. Owen'' (shipwreck), a schooner that was shipwrecked in Lake Superior in 1874
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Owen's (disambiguation) Owen's may refer to:
* Owen's Defence, a chess opening
* Owen's Market, an Indiana grocery store chain owned by Kroger
See also
*Owens (disambiguation) Owens may refer to:
Places in the United States
*Owens Station, Delaware
* Owens Township, St ...
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Owens (disambiguation) Owens may refer to:
Places in the United States
*Owens Station, Delaware
* Owens Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
* Owens, Missouri
* Owens, Ohio
* Owens, Virginia
People
* Owens (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Owe ...
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Eógan (given name)
or is an early Irish male name, which also has the hypocoristic and diminutive forms , , and . In more modern forms of Irish it is written as or (/'oːəun/).
In Scottish Gaelic the name is Eòghann or Eòghan. All of the above are often ...
, pronounced Owen, Irish-Scottish version of the given name
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Owain (disambiguation)
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