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Megan
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megan
English
Etymology
en cy Megan, cognate with en Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɛɡən/ RP
en /ˈmɛɡən/ /ˈmiːɡən/ /ˈmeɪɡən/ GA
en en-us-Megan.ogg US
en /ˈmiːɡən/ AU
en /ˈmiːɡɘn/ NZ
en ɛɡən iːɡən 2
Proper noun
~
en female Welsh Margaret.
en 1916 John Galsworthy The Apple Tree VIII Was it true that twenty-six years had passed, or had he dreamed and awakened to find Megan waiting for him by the big apple tree?
en Jeré Longman For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/sports/soccer/megan-rapinoe-womens-world-cup.html 2023-08-06 It ended in the most excruciating way for Megan Rapinoe: a penalty kick skied over the crossbar, shock, disappointment, a rueful smile to herself. https://web.archive.org/web/20230817034922/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/sports/soccer/megan-rapinoe-womens-world-cup.html
en locality in the carea/Bellingen north-eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Related terms
modern nonstandard spellings en Meaghan, en Meghan, en Meagan
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar ميغان Myġān
French: fr Mégane f
Welsh: cy Megan f
Anagrams
en aegmn Megna Gemna GenAm AmEng engma mange Ganem
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Megan + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl female English
Welsh
Etymology
Originally a Welsh pet form of cy en Margaret, probably from cy Meg -an a diminutive suffix used to form pet names, now often used as an independent given name.
Pronunciation
cy /ˈmɛɡan/ cy-N
cy /ˈmeːɡan/ /ˈmɛɡan/ cy-S
cy Cy-Megan.wav
cy ɛɡan 2
Proper noun
f
cy female
Mutation