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queenan

/kwˈinən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
queenan
IPA
/kwˈinən/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuineáin (“descendant of Cuineán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of cú (“hound”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Cuineáin

Inflected Forms

Queenans (plural)

Rhymes With

keenan kenan heenan zenon renin greenan coenen meenan neenan

Questions

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

How to pronounce queenan

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