Sullivan

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Sullivan

/ˈsʌlɪvən/

Where it comes from

Clipping of O'Sullivan. From Irish Ó Súilleabháin.

proper noun Sullivans · Sullivant

countable, uncountable A surname from Irish. "Directoritis strikes again!" bemoans Dan Sullivan, who believes that the director of Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon replaces the characters' intellectual and verbal energy with "transparent rationalizations for the personal hang-ups of the characters […]
countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.
countable, uncountable A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
countable, uncountable A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.
countable, uncountable A town in Madison County, New York.
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Sullivan County

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: arthur sullivan, durrell, ragland, silvan, town, rocky, surly, glum, gloomy, dour, morose, sulky, pessimistic, melancholic, sour, irritable

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@misc{sullivan_2026,
  title = {Sullivan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sullivan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}