Conan

//ˈkoʊnən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Irish.
  2. 2
    A surname.

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"Conan Doyle is the inventor of Sherlock Holmes."

Etymology

From Irish Conán, from Middle Irish Conán, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ (conann), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

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Conan DoyleanConan DoylishConan the Bacterium

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