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Finnerty

Finnerty proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Finnerty (plural Finnertys)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Finnerty

pluralFinnertys

Origin of Finnerty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnachta (“descendant of Fionnachta”), a personal name composed of the elements fionn (“fair, white”) + sneachta (“snow”).

Questions about Finnerty

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

Words near Finnerty in the dictionary

  1. finnemanite
  2. finner
  3. Finneran
  4. Finnerans
  5. finners
  6. Finnerty
  7. Finnertys
  8. finnes
  9. finnesko
  10. finneskos
  11. Finney

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