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Handal

Handal proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Handal (plural Handals)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Handal

pluralHandals

Origin of Handal

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Arabic حَنْضَل (ḥanḍal, “colocynth”), a dialectal merger of حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal, “colocynth”). This surname is particularly found in Honduras. * Borrowed from Norwegian Handal, a habitational surname from any of several farmsteads in Norway.

Questions about Handal

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

Words near Handal in the dictionary

  1. hand-writing
  2. hand-writings
  3. hand-written
  4. Handa
  5. handakuten
  6. Handal
  7. Handals
  8. Handan
  9. handax
  10. handaxe
  11. handaxes

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