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mcguigan

/məˈɡwɪɡən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
mcguigan
IPA
/məˈɡwɪɡən/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (“son of the viking”), from uiging (“Viking; pirate”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McGuigans (plural) McFeggan (alternative)

Rhymes With

ligon riggan balbriggan tigon riggen wigen

Questions

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

How to pronounce mcguigan

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