English Explanatory Dictionary

Donnan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A ghost town in Fayette County, Iowa, United States.

Word forms

Donnan Donnans

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Derived words

Gibbs-Donnan effect
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