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Donovan

/ˈdɒnəvɪn/

Donovan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Donovan

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • Brian Friedberg and Joan Donovan, researchers at Harvard's Shorenstein Center, documented how the campaign to inject IOTBW into the national consciousness through fliers was highly organized.2023 February 28, Judd Legum, “Is it "OK to be white"?”, in Popular Information
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
  4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia, United States.
  5. A village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

Noun

Donovan (plural Donovans)

  1. (archaic, slang) A potato.
    Synonyms:
    murphy

Synonyms of Donovan

Forms of Donovan

Proper noun
alternative formDonavan
Noun
pluralDonovans

Origin of Donovan

From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).

Words formed from Donovan

Phrases with Donovan

Questions about Donovan

What does Donovan mean?
Donovan means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Donovan?
Donovan can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Donovan?
Donovan is pronounced /ˈdɒnəvɪn/.

Words near Donovan in the dictionary

  1. Donosos
  2. donothingism
  3. Donough
  4. donour
  5. donours
  6. Donovan
  7. Donovan bodies
  8. Donovan body
  9. donovanosis
  10. Donovans
  11. DonoWall

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