Callahan

//ˈkæləhæn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

Example

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"Nelly Callahan was the only one to see just what happened. Everyone else in camp had gone down the island that day to get a count of the half-wild cattle among the blueberry swamps."

Etymology

From Irish Ó Ceallacháin, from Ceallachán, diminutive of the given name Ceallach. Doublet of Kelly and Kellogg.

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Callahan County

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