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McCarthy
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English
Alternative forms
en Mc Carthy Mccarthy MacCarthy Mac Carthy Maccarthy M'Carthy MaCarthy Macarthy Carthy
en McCarty
Etymology
en surname from Irish :bor ga:Mac Carthaigh
en ine-pro *keh₂-
en ga Mac Carthaigh son of ga Carthach.
Pronunciation
en /məˈkɑː.θi/ RP
en /məˈkɑɹ.θi/ GA
en ɑː(ɹ)θi 3
Proper noun
~ s ies
en Irish.
en Laurie Goodstein Miracle in Massachusetts Qualified Stein for Sainthood w:The New York Times https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/101198canonization-stein.html 1998-10-11 The McCarthys say they did not wish to publicize the incident, but the Catholic newspaper in Maine heard about it and wrote an article. https://web.archive.org/web/20250408192051/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/101198canonization-stein.html 8 April 2025
en 2019 Joe Trotta, Zlatan Filipovic, Houman Sadri Broken Mirrors 1995 Life is finally loose, one could say, liberated from its social constrains and sincere in its necessities, its insistence and its arrogative demands, but McCarthy also reveals the implications of life's liberation and, by the same token, unmasks any misplaced romanticisations regarding its disavowal in the polis:
en CDP in Copper River Census Area, s/Alaska c/USA.
Derived terms
en Charlie McCarthy McCarthian,McCarthyan McCarthy's shrew McCarthyesque McCarthyism McCarthyist McCarthyistic McCarthyite
Translations
surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 麥卡錫 Màikǎxí
Japanese: ja マッカーシー Makkāshī
Russian: ru Макка́рти