Reagan
English
Etymology
Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin (“descendant of Riagán”), a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach (“impulsive, furious”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ.ɡən/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: Rea‧gan
Proper noun
Reagan
- A surname from Irish; variant forms Regan, Riggen.
- 2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 15 January 2022:
- When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.
- Ronald Reagan, of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.
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Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡan/, /ˈri.ɡan/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛɡan, -iɡan
Proper noun
Reagan m or f by sense
- a surname and unisex given name in English
References
- ^ Reagan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɹe(j).ɡɐ̃/ [ˈɹe(ɪ̯).ɡɐ̃]
Proper noun
Reagan m or f by sense
- a surname and unisex given name in English