English Explanatory Dictionary

McAdoo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Dickens County, Texas, United States.

Word forms

McAdoo McAdoos

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff.

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