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has gloss | eng: Olsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Ole". The surname Olesen has a similar origin. The Swedish parallel form is Olsson - "son of Ola". Danish and Norwegian immigrants to English-speaking countries often changed the spelling to Olson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules. |
lexicalization | eng: Olsen |
instance of | (noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) last name, family name, surname, cognomen |
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has gloss | deu: Olsen ist ein Familienname. |
lexicalization | deu: Olsen |
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