Conway

plural Conways

1. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableThe River Conway, the former English name of the River Conwy in North Wales.
   2. countableuncountableThe former English spelling of Conwy, a town in North Wales.
   3. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas.
   4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
   5. countableuncountableA minor city in Taylor County, Iowa.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jackson Township, McPherson County, Kansas.
   7. countableuncountableA village in Union Parish, Louisiana.
   8. countableuncountableA town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
   9. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Little Traverse Township, Emmet County, Michigan.
   10. countableuncountableA township in Livingston County, Michigan.
   11. countableuncountableA minor city in Laclede County, Missouri.
   12. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
   13. countableuncountableA minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
   14. countableuncountableA town in Northampton County, North Carolina.
   15. countableuncountableA borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
   16. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Horry County, South Carolina.
   17. countableuncountableA short river in Virginia.
   18. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington.
   19. countableuncountableA locality in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
   20. countableuncountableA river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.
2. countableA habitational surname from Welsh derived from the former spelling of Conwy, the town or river in North Wales.

   The two main figures in a high-stakes clash of wits inspired by this number series were Dr. John Conway, a professor of mathematics at Princeton University in New Jersey and Dr. Colin L. Mallows, a mathematician at A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J.

   1988 August 30, Malcolm W. Browne, “Intellectual Duel: Brash Challenge, Swift Response”, in The New York Times

3. countableA male given name transferred from the surname.