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coan

/kˈoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
coan
IPA
/kˈoʊn/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of or pertaining to the Greek island of Cos (Kos).

noun

An inhabitant of the island of Cos.

Etymology

Reduced form of McCoan.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Coans (plural)

Homonyms

cohn koehn koehne

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan grown unknown tone

Questions

How do you pronounce coan?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈoʊn/.
What does coan mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does coan come from?
Reduced form of McCoan.

How to pronounce coan

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