English Explanatory Dictionary

Colgan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Divide County, North Dakota, United States.

Word forms

Colgan Colgans Colligan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Colgáin (“descendant of Colgán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of colg (“thorn; sword”).

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