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Donovan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɒnəvɪn/
  • /ˈdʌnəvɪn/

Etymology

From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, slang) A potato.

Forms

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Donavan alternative lexicographic
Donovans Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

murphy

Donovan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɒnəvɪn/
  • /ˈdʌnəvɪn/

Etymology

From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).

Meanings

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • Brian Friedberg and Joan Donovan, researchers at Harvard's Shorenstein Center, documented how the campaign to inject IOTBW into the national consciousness through fliers was highly organized. 2023 February 28, Judd Legum, “Is it "OK to be white"?”, in Popular Information:
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
  4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia, United States.
  5. A village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

Forms

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Donavan alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Donovan body · donovani