Cavan
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Cavan
Translations[edit]
county in the Republic of Ireland
town in County Cavan
Etymology 2[edit]
Various origins:
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caomháin (“descendant of Caomhán”), a diminutive form of the personal name Caomh.
- Borrowed from Cebuano Cavan, a surname of unexplained origin.
Proper noun[edit]
Cavan (plural Cavans)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cavan is the 37125th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. Cavan is most common among White (58.57%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (26.62%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cavan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Irish
- English terms derived from Irish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:County Cavan, Ireland
- en:Counties of Ireland
- en:Places in Ireland
- en:Towns in County Cavan, Ireland
- en:Towns in Ireland
- en:Places in County Cavan, Ireland
- English terms borrowed from Cebuano
- English terms derived from Cebuano
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- English surnames from Cebuano