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Tormey

Tormey proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Tormey (countable and uncountable, plural Tormeys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

Forms of Tormey

pluralTormeys

Origin of Tormey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tormaigh (“descendant of Tormach”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þórmóðr.

Questions about Tormey

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

Words near Tormey in the dictionary

  1. tormentry
  2. torments
  3. tormentum
  4. tormentuous
  5. tormethamine
  6. Tormey
  7. Tormeys
  8. tormina
  9. torminae
  10. torminal
  11. torminous

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