Govan.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
An urban area in Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland, on the south bank of the River Clyde (OS grid ref NS5565).
A small town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A small town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States.
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington, United States, considered to be a ghost town.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Traditionally said to derive from Irish gobán (“gag, muzzle”), equivalent to gob (“beak”) + -án. Clancy (1997) and Forsyth (2002) preferred a Cumbric formation, equivalent to Welsh go- (“under”) + fan, the soft mutation of ban (“peak”).
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