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Dooley

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname from Irish.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Irish.

  2. 2

    A ghost town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.

  3. 3

    An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia, United States.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhlaoich (“descendant of Dubhlaoch”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + laoch (“hero”).

Forms

plural
Dooleys
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