"McCain" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: McCains [plural]
Etymology: Irish variant of McKean. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{m|en|McKean}} McKean Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} McCain (plural McCains)
  1. A surname from Irish. Wikipedia link: McCain (surname) Derived forms: McCainiac Translations (surname): 麥凱恩 (Chinese Cantonese), 麦凯恩 (mak⁶ hoi² jan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 麥凱恩 (Chinese Mandarin), 麦凯恩 (Màikǎi'ēn) [Hong-Kong, Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 麥肯 (Chinese Mandarin), 麦肯 (Màikěn) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), マケイン (Makein) (Japanese), 매케인 (maekein) (Korean), Makeins [masculine] (Latvian), McCainas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Макке́йн (Makkéjn) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-McCain-en-name-O~oc0EH- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for McCain meaning in English (2.0kB)

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