Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Cogadháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Cogadháin“son of Cogadhán”
  2. English todayCoogan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”), a diminutive from a reduced form of the personal name Cúchogaidh, which is composed of the elements cú (“hound”) and cogadh (“war”).

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Cogadháin all →

gogan

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