Bird
The English word “Bird” has 1 meaning listed here.
proper noun
- Nickname of Charlie Parker (1920–1955), jazz saxophonist.
Etymology
* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun bird. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized/translated from several names erroneously thought to contain the element éan (“bird”) such as Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan) and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney). * Similarly translated from several other languages containing the word bird, such as German…
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