English Explanatory Dictionary

Adamnan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An Irish saint (c. 624–704), patron saint of the Diocese of Raphoe, the biographer of St. Columba and an acquaintance of the Venerable Bede.
  2. A male given name from Irish.

Word forms

Adamnan

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Irish Adam Proto-Celtic *-agnos Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni) Old Irish -án Old Irish Adomnánbor. English Adamnan Borrowed from Old Irish Adomnán (“little Adam”).

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