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Maloney

Maloney proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Maloney (countable and uncountable, plural Maloneys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States.

Forms of Maloney

pluralMaloneys
alternative formMallonee
alternative formMoloney
alternative formMolony
alternative formMuldowney

Origin of Maloney

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh (“descendant of the devotee of Sunday”), from maol (“devotee”) and Domhnach (“Sunday”).

Words formed from Maloney

Questions about Maloney

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

Words near Maloney in the dictionary

  1. malonate
  2. malonates
  3. malondialdehyde
  4. malondialdehydes
  5. Malone
  6. Maloney
  7. Maloneys
  8. Maloneys Beach
  9. malonic
  10. malonic acid
  11. malonic anhydride

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