How to pronounce Dongan?

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Pronunciation of Dongan in Hastings, Nebraska, USA

Dongan is pronounced as

D UH N g ih n

d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
n sounds like the 'n' in 'no'
g sounds like the 'g' in 'go'
ih sounds like the 'i' in 'it'


Dongan is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ D UH N g ih n ]

D UH N g ih n
do up no go it no

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Irish

Alternate Spelling(s):

Dungan, Duncan, Duggan

Meaning:

From an Irish first name, used as a tribal name. Originally Ó Donnegáin or Ó Dubhagáin, depending upon the family.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Dongan in Hastings, Nebraska, USA

Like Dungan, "DUN-gen," not DON-gen. It is Irish, and in Ireland "Don" is pronounced like "Dun" in England. An example of this is Donovan, pronounced Dun-i-ven. Thus in England and later in America and modern Ireland, the name Dongan became spelled Dungan.


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Irish

Alternate Spelling(s):

Dungan, Duncan, Duggan

Meaning:

From an Irish first name, used as a tribal name. Originally Ó Donnegáin or Ó Dubhagáin, depending upon the family.


Comments: