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counihan

/kˈaʊnɪhæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
couni-han
IPA
/kˈaʊnɪhæn/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Cuanacháin

Inflected Forms

Counihans (plural)

Questions

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

How to pronounce counihan

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