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Crilly

Crilly proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Crilly (plural Crillys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • It had been Mr. Crilly's home since the early settlement of the pioneers in that region.1903, Benjamin F. Gue, From 1866 to 1903, page 240

Forms of Crilly

pluralCrillys
alternative formCreely
alternative formCrelly
alternative formCrilley

Origin of Crilly

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Raghailligh (“son of Raghailleach”). Compare Crawley.

Questions about Crilly

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

Words near Crilly in the dictionary

  1. Crikvenica
  2. crile
  3. criles
  4. Crilley
  5. Crilleys
  6. Crilly
  7. Crillys
  8. crillz
  9. crim
  10. crim con
  11. Crim.

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