English

Proper noun

Rowan

1. A surname​.
2. A male given name.
3. A female given name of modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree.
   • 2010 Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978-0-340-98062-0, pages 321-322:

     'The Yardleys' inventiveness with names is one of the many reasons I'm in trouble,' said Duffy, returning with a mug of tea each for her and Charlie. 'I referred to their younger son Rowan as "she" in a report I wrote. I've only known of two other Rowans and both were female, so I assumed Helen's Rowan was too.

Anagrams

• WARNO

English

A European rowan

Noun

rowan ‎(plural rowans)

1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
2. 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.

Translations

See also

• rowan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sorbus subg. Sorbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• WARNO

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rōaną ‎(“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- ‎(“to row”). Akin to Old Frisian *rōia (West Frisian roeie), Middle Dutch royen (Dutch roeien), Old Norse róa (Danish and Swedish ro).

Pronunciation

Verb

rōwan

1. to row (with oars etc.)

Conjugation

Related terms

• rōþor

Descendants

• Middle English: rowen
  • English: row