name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Mangan
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn/
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rhymes with -ɑːŋɡɑːn
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 NG G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A district of Sikkim, India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese
Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
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History
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mongáin (“descendant of Mongán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of mongach (“maned, long-haired”).
Borrowed from Japanese 満貫 (mangan), an orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 滿貫 /满贯 (mǎnguàn).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 滿貫 /满贯 (mun5 gun3) — Translations
- Chinese Mandarin: 滿貫 /满贯 (mǎnguàn) — Translations
- Japanese: 満貫 (mangan) — Translations
- Korean: 만관 (man'gwan) — Translations