merrigan

M3E1R1R1I1G2A1N1

noun

a dog or dingo

OriginWiradjuri mirrigan →
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Meanings

merrigan1

nounmerrigan (plural merrigans)

plural merrigans

  1. Australian Aboriginala dog or dingo

    1993, J. Janson, Gunjies Merrigans barkin’.

    1 more example

    1980, P. Pepper, You Are What You Make Yourself ’Course, they had the merrigarn with them—that’s their dingo.

Merrigan2

proper nounMerrigan (plural Merrigans)

plural Merrigans

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

merrigan · noun

  1. Wiradjurimirrigan
  2. Wiradjurimirrigan
  3. Englishmerrigan

Borrowed from Wiradjuri mirrigan.

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Merrigan · proper noun

  1. IrishÓ Muireagáin
  2. EnglishMerrigan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireagáin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rearmingremarginMerriang
Cite this entry
APA

merrigan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merrigan

MLA

“merrigan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merrigan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merrigan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merrigan.

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