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mcgillicuddy

/məɡˈɪləkədi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
mcgillicud-dy
IPA
/məɡˈɪləkədi/
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Chuda (“son of the servant of (Saint) Chuda”), a personal name of unexplained origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McGillicuddys (plural)

Questions

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

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