Ennis

E1N1N1I1S1

proper noun

A town in and the county town of County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3377).

OriginIrish Inis →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town in and the county town of County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3377).
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
    2. A town in Madison County, Montana.
    3. A city in Ellis County, Texas, named after Cornelius Ennis.
    4. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
  3. A habitational surname from Irish.
  4. rareA male given name transferred from the place name.

Origin

  1. IrishInis
  2. EnglishEnnis

Borrowed from Irish Inis.

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Translations

Irish Inis
  • Iniscounty town of County Clare

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Ennis

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Anagrams

innesninesNesininsenSenni
Cite this entry
APA

Ennis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ennis

MLA

“Ennis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ennis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ennis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ennis.

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