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Delaney

Pronunciation: /dɪˈleɪni/

The English word “Delaney” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.

Etymology

From a Norman baronial surname, from a place in France, Old French del aunaie (“from the alder grove”). In Ireland an anglicization of Irish Ó Dubhshláine (descendant of Black (dubh) + Challenge (slán)).

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