English Explanatory Dictionary

Dooley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A ghost town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
noun
  1. Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter; stretcher; litter”).

Word forms

Dooley Dooleys

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhlaoich (“descendant of Dubhlaoch”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + laoch (“hero”).

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