Broune
Yola
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Broun.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBroune
- 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
edit- 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