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coonan

/kˈunən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
coo-nan
IPA
/kˈunən/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuanáin (“descendant of Cuanán”), a diminutive of the personal name Cuana.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Coonans (plural)

Rhymes With

noonan doonan cloonan

Questions

How do you pronounce coonan?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈunən/.
What does coonan mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does coonan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce coonan

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