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meehan

/ˈmi.hæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
Mee-han
IPA
/ˈmi.hæn/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish; variant form Meegan.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A townland in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Miadhacháin (“descendant of Miadachán”), a diminutive of miadhach (“honourable”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Miadhacháin

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmi.hæn/
  • British English: /ˈmiː.hæn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Meehans (plural)

Rhymes With

european korean ian indo-european asean sheehan boolean aegean jian eritrean eon fujian

Questions

How do you pronounce meehan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmi.hæn/.
What does meehan mean?
A surname from Irish; variant form Meegan.
Where does meehan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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