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Calhoun

Calhoun proper noun: a surname from Irish or Scottish. Also the ellipsis of Calhoun County.

Proper noun

Calhoun (plural Calhouns)

  1. A surname from Irish or Scottish.
    • IMPD recruits Matthew Carroll, right, and John Calhoun, along with their other classmates take the oath of IMPD officer.2016 April 23, “IMPD 11th Recruit Class sworn in as Officers”, in IndyStar, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025
  2. A city, the county seat of Gordon County, Georgia.
  3. A village in Richland County, Illinois.
  4. A ghost town in Cheyenne County, Kansas.
  5. A home rule city, the county seat of McLean County, Kentucky.
  6. A census-designated place in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
  7. A tiny city in Henry County, Missouri.
  8. The former name of a city in South Carolina, known since 1943 as Clemson.
  9. A town in McMinn County, Tennessee.
  10. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  11. A neighborhood of New Berlin, Wisconsin.
  12. Calhoun College.

Also used as

Calhoun is also the ellipsis of Calhoun County.

Forms of Calhoun

pluralCalhouns

Origin of Calhoun

Common anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Colquhoun.

Words formed from Calhoun

Questions about Calhoun

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

Words near Calhoun in the dictionary

  1. calgranulin
  2. calgranulins
  3. Calheta de São Miguel
  4. Calhoon
  5. Calhoons
  6. Calhoun
  7. Calhoun County
  8. Calhounian
  9. Calhounism
  10. Calhounist
  11. Calhounists

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