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8/6/2024, 1:35 AM guasguendi
1/27/2023, 4:02 PM Mike C
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12/8/2006, 8:13 AM poetic_freedom

Name Lowanna
Gender Feminine
Usage English (Australian), Indigenous Australian, Literature
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Means "girl" in the Gumbaynggir language from mid-north New South Wales. It occurs as the name of a village near Coffs Harbour, where the language originates. It also means "woman" or "beauty" in a Tasmanian dialect. The name appeared in Castleden Dove's Lowanna: An Australian School Story (1925), about a rich, worldly girl called Lowanna Laurenson.
Added 12/8/2006 by poetic_freedom