Broune

Yola

Alternative forms

• Brune

Etymology

From Middle English Broun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾuːn/

Proper noun

Broune

1. a surname, equivalent to English Brown
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     Gentleman Broune,

     Gentleman Browne.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 126