"Downey" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Downeys [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Dúnadhaigh||descendant of Dúnadhach}} Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), {{der|en|gd|dùn||hill}} Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Downey (countable and uncountable, plural Downeys)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Downey-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in California, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Downey-en-name-LEVQ6iRq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 41 42 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 40 42 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 40 42 17
  3. A city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Idaho, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Idaho, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Downey-en-name-LZv38mQ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 41 42 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 40 42 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 40 42 17
  4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Iowa, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Downey-en-name-D77xjOMl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 41 42 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 40 42 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 40 42 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Downey cell, Downey Heads, downeyite, downeyoside

Inflected forms

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