Buchanan

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /bjuˈkænən/
  • Rhymes: -ænən

Proper noun

Buchanan

  1. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scotland.
    • 2024 March 20, Veronique de Rugy, “The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too”, in Reason[1]:
      Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California.
    2. A small city, the county seat of Haralson County, Georgia.
    3. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Indiana.
    4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa.
    5. A city and township in Berrien County, Michigan.
    6. A village in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York.
    7. A minor city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
    8. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
    9. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee.
    10. A town in Botetourt County, Virginia.
    11. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
  3. A number of places elsewhere:
    1. A locality in the City of Maitland and City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A locality in Victoria Daly regional council area, Northern Territory, Australia.
    3. A locality in Goyder regional council area, South Australia.
    4. A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304.
    5. A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipalty.
    6. A coastal town in Grand Bassa County, Liberia.
    7. A historic parish in Stirlingshire, Scotland, which included Milton of Buchanan and Buchanan Smithy.

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Buchanan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjuˈkɛ.nan/, /bjuˈka.nan/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnan, -anan

Proper noun

Buchanan m or f by sense

  1. a surname in English

Proper noun

Buchanan f

  1. a small city, the county seat of Haralson County, Georgia, United States

References

  1. ^ Buchanan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)