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Kernighan

Kernighan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Kernighan (plural Kernighans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Kernighan

pluralKernighans

Origin of Kernighan

Variant of Kernaghan.

Words formed from Kernighan

Questions about Kernighan

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

Words near Kernighan in the dictionary

  1. Kerney
  2. Kerneys
  3. kernicteric
  4. kernicterus
  5. Kernig's sign
  6. Kernighan
  7. Kernighan-Lin algorithm
  8. Kernighans
  9. kernikterus
  10. kerning
  11. kernings

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