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mcaleese

/məkəlˈiz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
mcaleese
IPA
/məkəlˈiz/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa and Irish Mac Giolla Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McAleeses (plural)

Rhymes With

he's t's b's g's d's c's e's v's z's p's t.s cádiz

Questions

How do you pronounce mcaleese?
The recorded pronunciation is /məkəlˈiz/.
What does mcaleese mean?
A surname.
Where does mcaleese come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce mcaleese

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