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McMahon or MacMahon (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n / mək-MAN or / m ə k ˈ m ɑː n / mək-MAHN; older Irish orthography: Mac Mathghamhna; reformed Irish orthography: Mac Mathúna; meaning "son of the bear") [1] is an Irish surname.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
The Scottish Gaelic forms are Pàdraig (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈpʰaːt̪ɾɪkʲ]) or Pàra ... Pádraic McMahon, musician in the band The Thrills;
McMahon system tournament, a tournament pairing system invented for Go competitions McMahon-Hussein Correspondence , an exchange of letters during World War I concerning the fate of the Middle East MacMahon's master theorem
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McMahon was o ne of Trump's top donors during the 2024 campaign — contributing more than $20 million to the Make America Great Again Inc. super PAC, as well as $937,800 to his campaign and ...
In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase.However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run together by the omission of a final sound. [1]
Linda Marie McMahon (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n /; née Edwards; born October 4, 1948) is an American politician, business executive, and former professional wrestling performer. She was the 25th administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019. McMahon has been nominated to lead the Department of Education under the second Trump ...