hogan

Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (“dwelling, house”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊ.ɡən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡən

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 […] .

• 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)

• hogan-mogan

• Hoang

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːɡɑ̃n/

hogan m (plural hogin)

1. haw (fruit of the hawthorn)

   Synonyms: hogro, perigoù-Doue, perigoù-spern

• hogen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɡan/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡan

hogan m (plural gennod or hogennod, not mutable)

1. (North Wales) girl

   Synonym: merch

• (gender): hogyn (“boy”)

• 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