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merrigan

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: M EH1 R IH0 G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from Irish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dog or dingo

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Australian Aboriginal

Examples

  • 1980, P. Pepper, You Are What You Make Yourself ’Course, they had the merrigarn with them—that’s their dingo.
  • 1993, J. Janson, Gunjies Merrigans barkin’.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireagáin.

Borrowed from Wiradjuri mirrigan.