Reagan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin "descendant of Riagán", a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach "impulsive, furious".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪɡən/
Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
Reagan
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Of the administration of Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981–1989. - A surname from Irish.
- 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.
- 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/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛɡan
Proper noun
Reagan m or f by sense
- a surname and female given name in English
References
- ^ Reagan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)