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Moylan

Moylan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Moylan (countable and uncountable, plural Moylans)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States, named after an early settler.

Forms of Moylan

pluralMoylans

Origin of Moylan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoileáin (“descendant of Maoileán”), a diminutive of maol (“bald”).

Questions about Moylan

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

Words near Moylan in the dictionary

  1. moygashel
  2. Moyhu
  3. moyities
  4. moyity
  5. moyl
  6. Moylan
  7. Moylans
  8. moyle
  9. moyled
  10. moyles
  11. moyling

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