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hourihan

/aʊɹˈihɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
houri-han
IPA
/aʊɹˈihɑn/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Variant of Hanrahan.

Inflected Forms

Hourihans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce hourihan?
The recorded pronunciation is /aʊɹˈihɑn/.
What does hourihan mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does hourihan come from?
Variant of Hanrahan.

How to pronounce hourihan

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