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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Brown (countable and uncountable, plural Browns)
- (countable) A surname.
- A locale in the United States.
- An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
- An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.
- An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.
- A ghost town in Nevada.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brown Township.
- Brown University.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]transliterations of the English name "Brown"
surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion
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Statistics
[edit]- 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
[edit]Brown (plural Browns)
- Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”)
Adjective
[edit]Brown (comparative more Brown, superlative most Brown)
- (chiefly US, often Canada and UK) Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”)
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Brown ?
- a surname from English
Scots
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Brown
- a surname
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