Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gilhooly

/ɡˈɪlhuli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: gilhooly
IPA: /ɡˈɪlhuli/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ghuala (“son of the gluttonous lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and guala (“gullet, gut”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Mac Giolla Ghuala

Inflected Forms

Gilhoolys (plural) Gilhooley (alternative) Gillooly (alternative)

Questions

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

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