Calhoun

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Calhoun

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Common anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Colquhoun.

proper noun Calhouns

A surname from Irish or Scottish. IMPD recruits Matthew Carroll, right, and John Calhoun, along with their other classmates take the oath of IMPD officer.
A city, the county seat of Gordon County, Georgia.
A village in Richland County, Illinois.
A ghost town in Cheyenne County, Kansas.
A home rule city, the county seat of McLean County, Kentucky.
A census-designated place in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
A tiny city in Henry County, Missouri.
The former name of a city in South Carolina, known since 1943 as Clemson.
A town in McMinn County, Tennessee.
An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
A neighborhood of New Berlin, Wisconsin.
Calhoun College.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Calhoun County

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Closest in meaning: colhoun, colquhoun, calhoon, cohoon, cahoon, cahalane, cahalan, callum, callaham, calahan, mccalvey, calkin, mccalister, cauldwell, kincaid, mcclaflin

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"Calhoun." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/calhoun. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{calhoun_2026,
  title = {Calhoun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calhoun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}