English Explanatory Dictionary

Houlihan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
noun
  1. A kind of lasso throw.

Word forms

Houlihan Houlihans Holahan Holihan Holohan Hoolahan Hoolihan Houlahan Hulahan Hulihan Hoolan hooley-ann

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUallacháin (“descendant of Uallachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of uallach (“proud, arrogant”).

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