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Roughan

Roughan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Roughan (plural Roughans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Roughan

pluralRoughans

Origin of Roughan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruadhacháin (“descendant of Ruadhachán”), a double diminutive of ruadh (“red”).

Questions about Roughan

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

Words near Roughan in the dictionary

  1. rough-winged swallow
  2. rough-winged swallows
  3. roughage
  4. roughages
  5. Rougham
  6. Roughan
  7. Roughans
  8. roughcast
  9. roughcasted
  10. roughcaster
  11. roughcasters

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