Brown

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English

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 Brown (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʊn

Proper noun

Brown (countable and uncountable, plural Browns)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname.
    2. An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de Brún.
  2. A locale in the United States.
    1. An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
    2. An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.
    3. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.
    4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.
    5. A ghost town in Nevada.
    6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brown Township.
  3. Brown University.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Brown is the 4th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,425,470 individuals. Brown is most common among White (58.0%) and Black/African American (35.6%) individuals.

Noun

Brown (plural Browns)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”)

Adjective

Brown (comparative more Brown, superlative most Brown)

  1. (chiefly US, often Canada and UK) Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”)

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Brown.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brown ?

  1. a surname from English

Scots

Proper noun

Brown

  1. a surname
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