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Downey.

A surname.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈdaʊni/

  1. A surname.

    countable · uncountable

  2. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

    countable · uncountable

  3. A city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.

    countable · uncountable

  4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa, United States.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”). * Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney. * Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.

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