Meanings
plural Calhouns
- A surname from Irish or Scottish.
IMPD recruits Matthew Carroll, right, and John Calhoun, along with their other classmates take the oath of IMPD officer.
2016 April 23, “IMPD 11th Recruit Class sworn in as Officers”, in IndyStar, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025 - A city, the county seat of Gordon County, Georgia.
- A village in Richland County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Cheyenne County, Kansas.
- A home rule city, the county seat of McLean County, Kentucky.
- A tiny city in Henry County, Missouri.
- The former name of a city in South Carolina, known since 1943 as Clemson.
- A town in McMinn County, Tennessee.
- A neighborhood of New Berlin, Wisconsin.
- educationCalhoun College.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Calhoun County.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Scottish GaelicColquhoun
- EnglishCalhoun
Common anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Colquhoun.
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Calhoun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calhoun
“Calhoun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calhoun. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Calhoun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calhoun.
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