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Keough

Keough proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Keough (plural Keoughs)

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.2024 June 16, Wendy Ide, “Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of Keough

pluralKeoughs
alternative formKehoe
alternative formKeogh
alternative formKough

Origin of Keough

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochaidh.

Questions about Keough

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

Words near Keough in the dictionary

  1. keora
  2. keoras
  3. Keos
  4. Keosauqua
  5. Keosayan
  6. Keough
  7. Keoughs
  8. Keown
  9. Keowns
  10. kep
  11. Kepahiang

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