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Donovan

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Etymology edit

From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɒnəvɪn/, /ˈdʌnəvɪn/

Proper noun edit

Donovan

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
  4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia, United States.
  5. A village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

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Noun edit

Donovan (plural Donovans)

  1. (slang, archaic) A potato.
    Synonym: murphy

References edit

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

References edit

  • Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001
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