Conway

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Conway

Etymology

Anglicization of Welsh Conwy

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnweɪ/

Proper noun

Conway (countable and uncountable, plural Conways)

A placename:
1. The River Conway, the former English name of the River Conwy in North Wales.
2. The former English spelling of Conwy, a town in North Wales.
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A city, the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas.
  2. A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
  3. A minor city in Taylor County, Iowa.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, McPherson County, Kansas.
  5. A village in Union Parish, Louisiana.
  6. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
  7. A census-designated place in Little Traverse Township, Emmet County, Michigan.
  8. A township in Livingston County, Michigan.
  9. A minor city in Laclede County, Missouri.
  10. A town and census-designated place therein, in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  11. A minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
  12. A town in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  13. A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
  14. A city, the county seat of Horry County, South Carolina.
  15. A short river in Virginia.
  16. A census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington.
4. A locality in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
5. A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.
(countable) A habitational surname from Welsh derived from Conwy, the town or river in North Wales.
(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Quotations

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 39:
And Conway which out of his streame doth send / Plenty of pearles to decke his dames withall, […]

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