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Egan

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈiːɡən//

A surname from Irish.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Irish.

  2. 2

    An unknown-gender given name transferred from the surname.

  3. 3

    A place in the United States: A ghost town in California.

  4. 4

    A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Leaf River Township, Ogle County, Illinois.

  5. 5

    A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

  6. 6

    A place in the United States: A minor city in Moody County, South Dakota.

  7. 7

    A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wilson County, Tennessee.

  8. 8

    A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Texas.

Etymology

From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).

Forms

plural
Egans
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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