Donnan

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Donnan

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Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

proper noun Donnans

countable, uncountable A surname from Irish.
countable, uncountable A ghost town in Fayette County, Iowa, United States.

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

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

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

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@misc{donnan_2026,
  title = {Donnan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/donnan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}