Vaughan

//vɔːn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Welsh.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A city in Ontario, Canada.
  4. 4
    A community in West Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  5. 5
    A village in Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.

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sarah vaughan

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"Seventy-one-year-old Union reenactor Leo Vaughan, who is African-American, said he has ancestors who fought in the Civil War, but on the Confederate side."

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).

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