English Explanatory Dictionary

Downey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  3. A city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈdaʊni/

Word forms

Downey Downeys

Etymology

Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”). * Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney. * Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.

Derived words

Downey cell Downey Heads downeyite downeyoside
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