Colquhoun
/kəˈhuːn/
Colquhoun proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Proper noun
Colquhoun (plural Colquhouns)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- For more than 750 years the lochside village of Luss has been the home of the chiefs of the Colquhoun clan.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 270
Forms of Colquhoun
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Origin of Colquhoun
Habitational surname borrowed from Scottish Gaelic, possibly from cùil (“nook, angle, corner”) + cumhang (“narrow, close”).
Words that rhyme with Colquhoun
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- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
Questions about Colquhoun
- What does Colquhoun mean?
- Colquhoun means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- What part of speech is Colquhoun?
- Colquhoun is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Colquhoun?
- Colquhoun is pronounced /kəˈhuːn/ (UK).
Words near Colquhoun in the dictionary
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