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MacNair

/məkˈnɛə(ɹ)/

MacNair proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

MacNair (plural MacNairs)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Macnair

Macnair

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of MacNair.

Forms of MacNair

pluralMacNairs

Origin of MacNair

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain-uidhir (literally “son of John the dun”), or perhaps mac an oighre (“son of the heir”).

See McNair.

Questions about MacNair

What does MacNair mean?
MacNair means a surname.
What part of speech is MacNair?
MacNair is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce MacNair?
MacNair is pronounced /məkˈnɛə(ɹ)/.

Words near MacNair in the dictionary

  1. MacMurray
  2. MacMurrays
  3. Macnab
  4. MacNab cypress
  5. MacNab cypresses
  6. MacNair
  7. MacNalty
  8. Macnamara
  9. MacNaught
  10. MacNaughton
  11. MacNeal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MacNair (page history and authors); Macnair (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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