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Subject: Re: ORIGIN OF NAME
Author: Elea   (Authenticated as Elea)
Date: February 11, 2007 at 10:31:31 AM
Reply to: Re: ORIGIN OF NAME by Anneza
A Welsh speaker would pronounce Owena as oh-WEN-ah. It is essentially Owen with an a on the end but the stress moves to the middle syllable. The 'e' is also short unlike the 'e' in Rowena.

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