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Cagney

Cagney proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Cagney (plural Cagneys)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Cagney

pluralCagneys

Origin of Cagney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).

Questions about Cagney

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

Words near Cagney in the dictionary

  1. Cagliaritan
  2. Cagliaritans
  3. cagmag
  4. cagmags
  5. Cagn
  6. Cagney
  7. Cagneys
  8. Cagniog
  9. cagot
  10. cagots
  11. cagou

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