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Gaffney

Gaffney proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Gaffney (countable and uncountable, plural Gaffneys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States.

Forms of Gaffney

pluralGaffneys
alternative formGaffaney
alternative formGoffney

Origin of Gaffney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”), a byname from gamhain (“calf”).

Questions about Gaffney

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

Words near Gaffney in the dictionary

  1. gaffled
  2. gaffles
  3. gaffling
  4. gaffman
  5. gaffmen
  6. Gaffney
  7. Gaffneys
  8. Gaffneys Creek
  9. Gafford
  10. Gaffords
  11. gaffrigger

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