Collen

C3O1L1L1E1N1

proper noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

OriginFrench Cologne →
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Meanings

Collen1

proper nounCollen (plural Collens)

plural Collens · alternative Collin · alternative Colin

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Collen2

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Cologne (city in Germany).

    Charlemaygne builded the Bridge in Collen and founded Munster in Germany, and in the yeare 864. the country of Holland began to bee an Earldome, being two yeares after the Bulgarians had receiued the Christian faith.

    1615, John Stow, Edmund Howes, The Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England […], page 72

Origin

Collen · proper noun

Coll + -en. Variant of Colin.

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Collen · proper noun

  1. FrenchCologne
  2. EnglishCollen

Anglicization of French Cologne.

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APA

Collen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Collen

MLA

“Collen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Collen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Collen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Collen.

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