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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Warren 1 City (1990 pop. 144,864), Macomb co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit ; est. 1837, inc. as a city 1957. It is an important metalworking center where steel is processed. There is tool and die making and the production of automobile parts, although the auto industry has suffered since the late 1970s. Warren's vast Detroit Arsenal, which made military vehicles, closed in 1996. The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command is headquartered in Warren, and the large General Motors Technical Center is also there.

2 City (1990 pop. 50,793), seat of Trumbull co., NE Ohio, in the fertile Mahoning valley; settled 1799, inc. as a city 1905. An early coal center, Warren's industries have greatly diversified. Steel, metal-forming machinery, electrical equipment, lamps, and automobile and truck parts are the principal manufactures. The Trumbull campus of Kent State Univ. is in the city.

3 Borough (1990 pop. 11,122), seat of Warren co., NE Pa., on the Allegheny River; laid out c.1795, inc. 1832. An early lumbering center, Warren is in wooded country near oil and natural gas reserves. There is agriculture (grain, livestock, and dairying), food processing, and the manufacture of metal and plastic products, transportation and electronic equipment, and machinery. The headquarters of Allegheny National Forest are there. Nearby are Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania and a Native American reservation.

4 Town (1990 pop. 11,385), Bristol co., E R.I., a suburb of Providence on the Kickemuit River and Narragansett Bay; established as an English trading post in 1632, inc. 1747. An early whaling, shipbuilding, and textile center, it is now an industrial and resort town. Manufactures include automobile equipment, clothing, plastics, and luggage. Many fine old houses and churches survive. Warren was transferred from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 1746. Brown Univ. was first chartered there (1764) as Rhode Island College. During the American Revolution, Warren was burned (1778) by the British.

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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Warren ♂ Transferred use of the surname, which is of Norman origin, a coalescence of two different surnames, one derived from a Germanic personal name based on the element war(in) ‘guard’ and the other from a place in Normandy called La Varenne ‘the game park’. The Norman personal name survived at least into the 17th century in Yorkshire, where it was particularly associated with the Scargill family. In America this name has sometimes been chosen in honour of General Joseph Warren, the first hero of the American Revolution, who was killed at Bunker Hill (1775). Among modern influences on the choice of the name has been the film actor Warren Beatty (b. 1937).

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Warren, Australia, Canada, UK, USA 1. USA (Michigan): established as Hickory Township in 1837, it was renamed Aba the following year and Warren in 1839 after General Joseph Warren (1741–75), who was prominent in the first months of the American War of Independence before being killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775.2. USA (Ohio): settled in 1799 and named after Moses Warren, a surveyor and early settler.3. USA (Rhode Island): named after Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703–52) of the British Royal Navy.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

warren piece of land preserved for breeding game, esp. for the breeding of rabbits XIV; fig. XVII. — AN., ONF. warenne, var. of (O)F. garenne game-park, now esp. rabbit warren — Gaul. *varrenna area marked off by palisading, f. *varros post (cf. Ir. farr pillar, post).
So warrener (-ER2) officer having charge of a warren. XIV. — AN. warener, ONF. warrennier, (O)F. garennier.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

war·ren / ˈwÃ´rən; ˈwä-/ • n. (also rabbit warren) a network of interconnecting rabbit burrows. ∎ a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district: a warren of narrow gas-lit streets. ∎ Brit., hist. an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, esp. rabbits.

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Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Warren

a place for keeping game animals; a place in the river for keeping fish, 1377.

Examples: warren of conies, 1600; of fish, 1377; of flies, 1625; of hares, 1538; of huts, 1918; of partridge; of passages, 1919; of pheasants; of the poor, 1886; of rats, 1856; a rabbit warren, 1773.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

War·ren ¹ / ˈwôrən; ˈwär-/ 1. an industrial city in southeastern Michigan, north of Detroit; pop. 138,247. 2. an industrial city in northeastern Ohio, on the Mahoning River; pop. 50,793.

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