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doonan

/dˈunən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
doo-nan
IPA
/dˈunən/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnáin (“descendant of Dúnán”), a hypocoristic form of an unknown name beginning with the element dun (“fortress”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Doonans (plural)

Rhymes With

noonan coonan cloonan

Questions

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

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