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mckay

/məˈkeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
mck-ay
IPA
/məˈkeɪ/
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

name

A former township in eastern Ontario, Canada, merged into Laurentian Hills municipality in 2000.

Etymology

From Irish Mac Aodha and Scottish Gaelic MacAoidh (literally “son of Aodh”). Related to McCoy and McGee.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

MacKay (alternative)

Derived Forms

McShep

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

How to pronounce mckay

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