Lanigan

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Lanigan

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Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.

proper noun Lanigans · Lanagan

countable, uncountable A surname from Irish.
countable, uncountable A town in the Rural Municipality of Usborne, No. 210, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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

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

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

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@misc{lanigan_2026,
  title = {Lanigan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lanigan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}