Coen

/ (kuːn) /

noun

Jan Pieterszoon. 1587–1629, Dutch colonial administrator; governor general of the Dutch East Indies (1618–23, 1627–29)

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Words nearby Coen

coelomate, coeloscope, coelostat, coelurosaur, coemption, Coen, coenacle, coenesthesia, coeno-, coenobite, coenocyte

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What FX is offering, then, is a new series that feels like a Coen Brothers movie.
Is TV’s ‘Fargo’ as Bloody Good as the Coen Brothers Movie? You Betcha.|Kevin Fallon|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You and the Coen Brothers spent six months creating a history and a post-history for Llewyn Davis.
Interview: T Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers’ Music Guru|Andrew Romano|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was like he was led by the Coen Brothers on an excavating trip to surface the most powerful of his acting muscles.
‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Star Oscar Isaac Is About to Be a Very Big Deal|Kevin Fallon|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No doubt the Coen Brothers could have made Inside Robert Zimmerman and done justice to the Bob Dylan creation myth.
Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie|Jimmy So|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

If the new Coen Brothers movie is meant to be a portrait of the pre-Bob Dylan Greenwich Village folk scene, how well did it do?
Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie|Jimmy So|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This idea, however, was dispelled on their reaching at the end of ten miles, a large river which was supposed to be the Coen.
The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine|Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
The Coen is about sixty yards wide, sandy, and contains crocodiles.
The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine|Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
On the 9th they crossed another river, which they supposed to be the one named the Coen on the seaward side.
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work|Ernest Favenc

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Variant ofceno-

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