hogan

hogan

See also: högan, Hōgan, and Hogan

English

WOTD – 29 December 2007

Etymology

    Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (dwelling, house).

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ.ɡən/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Audio (General Australian):(file)
    • Rhymes: -əʊɡən

    Noun

    hogan (plural hogans)

    1. 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

    See also

    • 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

    Anagrams

    Breton

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhoːɡɑ̃n/

    Noun

    hogan m (plural hogin)

    1. haw (fruit of the hawthorn)
      Synonyms: hogro, perigoù-Doue, perigoù-spern

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈxo.ɡɑn/, [ˈho.ɣɑn]
    • Rhymes: -o.ɡɑn

    Noun

    hogan

    1. inflection of hoga:
      1. nominative plural
      2. accusative singular/plural
      3. genitive/dative singular

    Adjective

    hogan

    1. inflection of hoga:
      1. accusative masculine/feminine singular
      2. genitive/dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter singular
      3. nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural

    Welsh

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Northwest Walian pronunciation of hogen (little girl), where e in a final unstressed syllable is commonly pronounced a.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhɔɡan/
    • Rhymes: -ɔɡan

    Noun

    hogan f (plural gennod or hogennod, not mutable)

    1. (North Wales) girl
      Synonym: merch

    Coordinate terms

    • (gender): hogyn (boy)

    Further reading

    • 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