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   renown

   /rɪˈnaʊn/

   noun

   • 1. the condition of being known or talked about by many people; fame: "authors of great renown"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French renoun, from Old French renomer ‘make famous’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + nomer ‘to name’, from Latin nominare.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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