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Lenahan

Lenahan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Lenahan (plural Lenahans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Lenahan

pluralLenahans
alternative formLenaghan
alternative formLeneghan
alternative formLenehan

Origin of Lenahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leanacháin (“descendant of Leanachán”), probably derived from leann (“cloak”) and not from léanach (“sorrowful”).

Questions about Lenahan

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

Words near Lenahan in the dictionary

  1. Lenaea
  2. Lenaeus
  3. Lenagan Island
  4. Lenaghan
  5. Lenah Valley
  6. Lenahan
  7. Lenahans
  8. Lenaia
  9. lenaite
  10. lenalidomide
  11. lenampicillin

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