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Bresnahan

Bresnahan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Bresnahan (plural Bresnahans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Bresnahan

pluralBresnahans
alternative formBrosnan

Origin of Bresnahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brosnacháin (“descendant of Brosnachán”), a personal name derived from Brosna, the name of a town and a river in County Kerry.

Questions about Bresnahan

What does Bresnahan mean?
Bresnahan means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Bresnahan?
Bresnahan is a proper noun.

Words near Bresnahan in the dictionary

  1. Breslover
  2. Breslovers
  3. Breslow
  4. Breslows
  5. bresna
  6. Bresnahan
  7. Bresnahans
  8. Bresnan
  9. Bresnan cellar nozzle
  10. Bresnan nozzle
  11. bresnas

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