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Owens

US/ˈoʊʌnz/ fairly common

noun

1.

United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)

Origin

From Owen + -s (patronymic suffix).

Phrases

  • Owens Gap

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