Bowden

== English == === Etymology 1 === As an English surname, from several places in England, derived from Old English boga (“bow”) + dun (“hill”). Also as an English surname, from Old English būfan dun (“above the hill”). As a Scottish surname, from the place in Roxburghshire from Old English bōthl (“dwelling house”) + denu (“valley”). As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Buadáin (literally “descendant of Buadán”). Also as an English surname, variant of Bawden. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbaʊdən/ Rhymes: -aʊdən ==== Proper noun ==== Bowden A surname. A place name: A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8448). A hamlet in Kington Magna parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7723). A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5530). An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States. A census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. ===== Derived terms ===== Bowden cable Great Bowden Little Bowden === Etymology 2 === Uncertain, but the most accepted theory is that it originated from the maiden name of the wife of a surveyor named Williamson, who named the settlement along the Edmonton–Calgary Trail. Another theory states it originated from the village of Bowdon in Greater Manchester, England. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈboʊdən/ ==== Proper noun ==== Bowden A town in Alberta, Canada. === See also === Bowden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bowden, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bowdon === References === === Anagrams === Denbow, bowned