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Nelligan

Nelligan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Nelligan (plural Nelligans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Nelligan

pluralNelligans

Origin of Nelligan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Niallagáin (“descendant of Niallagán”), a double diminutive of Niall.

Questions about Nelligan

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

Words near Nelligan in the dictionary

  1. Nelle
  2. nellie
  3. nellier
  4. nellies
  5. nelliest
  6. Nelligan
  7. Nelligans
  8. Nelligen
  9. Nellim
  10. Nellore
  11. nelly

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