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donnan

/dˈɑnən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
don-nan
IPA
/dˈɑnən/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A ghost town in Fayette County, Iowa, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Donnans (plural)

Phrases

Gibbs-Donnan effect

Rhymes With

narayanan kannan konen kyllonen

Questions

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

How to pronounce donnan

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