Monaghan

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Muineachán. The surname derives from an anglicization of Irish Ó Manacháin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌnəhən/, /ˈmɒnəhən/

Proper noun

Monaghan (countable and uncountable, plural Monaghans)

  1. A placename
    1. A county of Ireland.
      • 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:
        The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.
    2. A town in County Monaghan, Ireland.
  2. An Irish surname.

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