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Downey

//ˈdaʊni// name

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  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable

    "Shannon Downey goes for the unfinished stitching projects."

  2. 2
    A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”). * Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney. * Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.

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