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Corcoran

Corcoran proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Corcoran (countable and uncountable, plural Corcorans)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A city in Kings County, California, United States.
  3. A rural city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Forms of Corcoran

pluralCorcorans
alternative formCorkern
alternative formCorkran

Origin of Corcoran

From Irish Ó Corcráin (literally “descendant of Corcrán”). Variant of Cochrane.

Questions about Corcoran

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

Words near Corcoran in the dictionary

  1. Corcino
  2. Corcinos
  3. Corckran
  4. corcle
  5. corcles
  6. Corcoran
  7. Corcorans
  8. Corcova
  9. Corcovado
  10. corcula
  11. corcule

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