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Canavan

Canavan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Canavan (plural Canavans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Canavan

pluralCanavans

Origin of Canavan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceanndubháin (“descendant of Ceanndubhán”), a personal name composed of the elements ceann (“head”), dubh (“black”) and the diminutive suffix -án.

Words formed from Canavan

Questions about Canavan

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

Words near Canavan in the dictionary

  1. canatoxin
  2. canatoxins
  3. canaut
  4. canauts
  5. canavalin
  6. Canavan
  7. Canavan disease
  8. Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
  9. canavanase
  10. canavanine
  11. canavanines

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