How to pronounce Hooligan?

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Pronunciation of Hooligan in El Paso, Texas

Hooligan is pronounced as

HOO lih guhn


Hooligan is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ HOO lih guhn ]

Language:

Irish

Meaning:

A violent young troublemaker

Additional Information:

1890s, of unknown origin, according to OED, first found in British newspaper police-court reports in the summer of 1898, almost certainly from the variant form of the Irish surname Houlihan, which figured as a characteristic comic Irish name in music hall songs and newspapers of the 1880s and '90s. (Online Etymology Dictionary)


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Pronunciation of Hooligan in El Paso, Texas

hoo li gan


Language:

Irish

Meaning:

A violent young troublemaker

Additional Information:

1890s, of unknown origin, according to OED, first found in British newspaper police-court reports in the summer of 1898, almost certainly from the variant form of the Irish surname Houlihan, which figured as a characteristic comic Irish name in music hall songs and newspapers of the 1880s and '90s. (Online Etymology Dictionary)


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