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English word origin

Etymology of Hoy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A surname. · An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.

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Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

An island in south-west Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid refs HY20, ND29). · A small uninhabited island of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3744).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Orkney and Shetland Scots Hoy, from Old Norse há (“high”) + ey (“island”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionHoysco
  • Derivation mentionhánon
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