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Parnell

/pɑːˈnɛl/

Parnell proper noun: a surname from the given name Petronella. (see Etymology).

Proper noun

Parnell

  1. A surname from the given name Petronella. (see Etymology)
  2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • They had called him Parnell to show how Irish he was. At school they called him Parny, so that was it. Anyway Katy and Shane Quinn could always explain it to anyone who mattered that his real name was Parnell, like the great leader. It was just as well nobody asked them too much about the great...1996, Maeve Binchy, This Year It Will Be Different: A Christmas Treasury, Hachette UK, published 2008, →ISBN
  3. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
  4. A minor city in Iowa County, Iowa.
  5. An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Grattan Township, Kent County, Michigan.
  7. A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.
  8. An unincorporated community in the town of Mitchell, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

Forms of Parnell

alternative formPurnell

Origin of Parnell

Matronymic from a medieval spoken form of Petronella.

Words formed from Parnell

Words that rhyme with Parnell

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Questions about Parnell

What does Parnell mean?
Parnell means a surname from the given name Petronella. (see Etymology).
What part of speech is Parnell?
Parnell is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Parnell?
Parnell is pronounced /pɑːˈnɛl/.

Words near Parnell in the dictionary

  1. Parnassism
  2. Parnassos
  3. Parnassus
  4. parnauite
  5. Parnaíba
  6. Parnell
  7. Parnellian
  8. Parnellism
  9. Parnellite
  10. Parnellites
  11. Parnika

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