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Carolan

Carolan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Carolan (countable and uncountable, plural Carolans)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Arkansas, United States.

Forms of Carolan

pluralCarolans
alternative formCarlan

Origin of Carolan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearbhalláin (“descendant of Cearbhallán”), a diminutive of Cearbhall (“Carroll”).

Questions about Carolan

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

Words near Carolan in the dictionary

  1. carol singers
  2. Carol Stream
  3. carol-oke
  4. Carola's parotia
  5. Carola's parotias
  6. Carolan
  7. Carolans
  8. Carole
  9. Carolean
  10. Caroleans
  11. caroled

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