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donnelly

/dˈɑnəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
don-nel-ly
IPA
/dˈɑnəli/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A surname from Irish.

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Etymology

From the Irish surname, from Ó Donnghaile (“descendant of Donnghal”), from donn (“brown-haired”) + gal (“valor”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Homonyms

donnelley

Rhymes With

connelly connally donnelley

Questions

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

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