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colquhoun

/kəˈhuːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
colquhoun
IPA
/kəˈhuːn/
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Habitational surname borrowed from Scottish Gaelic, possibly from cùil (“nook, angle, corner”) + cumhang (“narrow, close”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /kəˈhuːn/

Inflected Forms

Colquhouns (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

How to pronounce colquhoun

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