Conway

Anglicization of Welsh Conwy

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnweɪ/

Conway (countable and uncountable, plural Conways)

1. A placename:
   1. The River Conway, the former English name of the River Conwy in North Wales.
   2. The former English spelling of Conwy, a town in North Wales.
   3. A city, the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States.
   4. A city, the county seat of Horry County, South Carolina, United States.
   5. A short river in Virginia, United States.
   6. A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Welsh derived from Conwy, the town or river in North Wales.
3. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

• 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 39:

  And Conway which out of his streame doth send / Plenty of pearles to decke his dames withall, […]

• Conway's law

• Conway County
• Conway Bay
• River Conway