doan

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doan¹

contraction doan'

  1. contraction, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of don't

Doan²

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Various origins:

* Variant of Doane.

* Borrowed from Vietnamese Đoàn. Doublet of Duan.

proper noun Doans

  1. A surname. As central California floodwater swept away their SUV Monday morning, 5-year-old Kyle Doan, now missing, encouraged his mother. […] “He wasn’t quite processing what was going on,” Doan told CNN. “But he was so calm talking to my wife while they were still in the car.”
  2. A surname from Irish. Alternative form of Doane.
  3. A surname from Vietnamese.

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

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doan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/doan

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"doan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/doan.

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@misc{doan_2026,
  title = {doan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}