Sullivan

• (surname): Sullivant

Clipping of O'Sullivan. From Irish Ó Súilleabháin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlɪvən/

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Sullivan (countable and uncountable, plural Sullivans)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 1988, Richard H. Palmer, The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America:

     "Directoritis strikes again!" bemoans Dan Sullivan, who believes that the director of Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon replaces the characters' intellectual and verbal energy with "transparent rationalizations for the personal hang-ups of the characters […]

   • 2015 September 9, Todd Leopold, “Band unhappy with use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ for Kim Davis”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2023:

     Peterik’s co-writer, Frankie Sullivan, was also upset about the use of “Eye of the Tiger” and posted a message on Facebook to vent. […] Sullivan wasn’t having it.

2. A placename.
   1. A city, the county seat of Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
   2. A city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.
   3. A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.
   4. Ellipsis of Sullivan County.

• → Tagalog: Sullivan

• Sullivan (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English Sullivan, a clipping of O'Sullivan. From Irish Ó Súilleabháin.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sulˈjivan/ [sʊlˈjiː.vɐn̪]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /sulˈjiban/ [sʊlˈjiː.bɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ivan, (with nativization) -iban
• Syllabification: Sul‧li‧van

Sullivan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜊᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from English [in turn from Irish]