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Culligan

Culligan proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Culligan (plural Culligans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Culligan

pluralCulligans

Origin of Culligan

Anglicized from Irish Ó Cuilleagain (“descendant of Colgan”), a personal name derived from coll (“hazel tree”).

Questions about Culligan

What does Culligan mean?
Culligan means a surname.
What part of speech is Culligan?
Culligan is a proper noun.

Words near Culligan in the dictionary

  1. cullible
  2. cullied
  3. cullies
  4. Culliford
  5. Cullifords
  6. Culligan
  7. Culligans
  8. Cullimore
  9. cullin
  10. Cullinan
  11. Cullinane

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