See also: högan and Hogan

English

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A Navajo hogan
 
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (dwelling, house).

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Noun

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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 [] .

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  • 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)

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Breton

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Noun

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hogan m (plural hogin)

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

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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hogan f (plural gennod or hogennod, not mutable)

  1. (North Wales) girl
    Synonym: merch

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  • (gender): hogyn (boy)

Further reading

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  • 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