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mahan

/mˈeɪən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
ma-han
IPA
/mˈeɪən/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

name

An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Macháin (“descendant of Machán”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Mahans (plural) Maughan (alternative) Mayhan (alternative)

Derived Forms

Mahanian

Homonyms

mahon mayhan

Rhymes With

mcmahon himalayan rayon uruguayan mahon malayan dayan payan skehan tehan mayhan

Questions

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

How to pronounce mahan

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