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O'

Pronunciation: /əʊ, ə/
Definition of O'

prefix

  • in Irish patronymic names such as O’Neill.

Origin:

mid 18th century: from Irish ó, ua 'descendant'

O' in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of O' in the US English dictionary
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