hogan
English
WOTD – 29 December 2007
Etymology
Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (“dwelling, house”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ.ɡən/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊɡən
Noun
hogan (plural hogans)
- A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud. [from 19th c.]
- 2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 27:
- The wives of warriors were under strict instructions not to leave their hogans until the men had returned, hopefully successful, from their martial adventures abroad […] .
Translations
See also
- traditional Native American dwellings:
- (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
- igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
- teepee (used in the Great Plains)
- tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
- wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
- wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
- wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)
See also
Anagrams
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːɡɑ̃n/
Noun
hogan m (plural hogin)
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Northwest Walian pronunciation of hogen (“little girl”), where e in a final unstressed syllable is commonly pronounced a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔɡan/
- Rhymes: -ɔɡan
Noun
hogan f (plural gennod or hogennod, not mutable)
- (North Wales) girl
- Synonym: merch
Coordinate terms
- (gender): hogyn (“boy”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hogan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies