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- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en language English.
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en hasEtymology "From ol (\"footprint\") and gwen (\"white\", \"fair\")".
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en hasMeaning "from Welsh legend specifically The Mabinogion.".
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en hasPoS ProperNoun.
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en hasQuotation "1994 Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, page 428-429:: - - - her daughter, posthumous child of Gil, to my astonishment christened in St. Aidan's with the name Marion (given by her godmother, a broadcaster friend of Esme) and Olwen (given by me as godfather, who thought Nuala's granddaughter should have a good Celtic name to sustain her through life). To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series.".
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en type Sense.
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en type LexicalSense.
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en label "Olwen".
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en seeAlso Olwen.
- Olwen-English-ProperNoun-1en seeAlso Olwen.