tegan

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈtiːɡən/

Definition of tegan

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name from Welsh.
    “Janet Fielding's Tegan also says goodbye to Doctor Who in "Resurrection of the Daleks," and her farewell has an abrupt air to it.[…]Tegan simply has a temper tantrum and says she has seen too much violence. She then runs off into a warehouse and disappears.”
    “The lad felt most honoured when Tegan called him her best friend.”
    “Canadian indie-rock duo Tegan and Sara Quin have spent a lifetime answering the question: "So which one of you is which?"”
    “Following a restless and difficult day, Tegan, who is 11 weeks old, falls asleep cuddled up with her mother Carys on the sofa.”
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name

  1. A female given name from Welsh.
    “Janet Fielding's Tegan also says goodbye to Doctor Who in "Resurrection of the Daleks," and her farewell has an abrupt air to it.[…]Tegan simply has a temper tantrum and says she has seen too much violence. She then runs off into a warehouse and disappears.”
    “The lad felt most honoured when Tegan called him her best friend.”
    “Canadian indie-rock duo Tegan and Sara Quin have spent a lifetime answering the question: "So which one of you is which?"”
    “Following a restless and difficult day, Tegan, who is 11 weeks old, falls asleep cuddled up with her mother Carys on the sofa.”
  2. A male given name from Irish. Alternative form of Teagan.
    “'But,' Tegan prompted, pulling Elise toward him like he wanted something firm to hold onto. 'But it was empty.'”
  3. A surname.
    “Their next door neighbor told Ott she had seen Tegan the night before the report was made and he did not have any bruises on his head.”

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Etymology

* (female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”). * (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname. * (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.

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