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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (“dwelling, house”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]- traditional Native American dwellings:
- hogan (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
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Breton
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hogan m (plural hogin)
- haw (fruit of the hawthorn)
- Synonyms: hogro, perigoù-Doue, perigoù-spern
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Northwest Walian pronunciation of hogen (“little girl”), where e in a final unstressed syllable is commonly pronounced a.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hogan m (plural gennod or hogennod, not mutable)
- (North Wales) girl
- Synonym: merch
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (gender): hogyn (“boy”)
Further reading
[edit]- 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
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