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Calhoun.

A surname from Irish or Scottish.

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  1. A surname from Irish or Scottish.

  2. A city, the county seat of Gordon County, Georgia.

  3. A village in Richland County, Illinois.

  4. A ghost town in Cheyenne County, Kansas.

  5. A home rule city, the county seat of McLean County, Kentucky.

  6. A census-designated place in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

  7. A tiny city in Henry County, Missouri.

  8. The former name of a city in South Carolina, known since 1943 as Clemson.

  9. A town in McMinn County, Tennessee.

  10. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.

  11. A neighborhood of New Berlin, Wisconsin.

  12. Calhoun College.

  13. Ellipsis of Calhoun County.

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Where this word comes from

Common anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Colquhoun.

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