The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mangan \Man"gan\, n. See Mangonel.
Wikipedia
Mangan is an Irish surname anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongán’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mong ‘hair’, ‘mane’), borne by families from Connacht, County Limerick, and Tyrone.
Other spellings and variants include Mongan, Mangham, Mangam, Mangin, Mangum, Mangon, Mingame, Mongain, Mongin, Mungan, Mungane, Mungin and others, see Mongan (surname).
Notable people include:
- Andrew Mangan, English footballer
- Colm Mangan, Irish General
- Cyrille Mangan, Cameroonian footballer
- Dan Mangan, Canadian musician
- Jim Mangan (1929 – 2007), American baseball player
- James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet
- James T. Mangan, author and eccentric
- Joseph Mangan, American aerospace engineer
- Lucy Mangan, British journalist
- Luke Mangan, Australian chef
- Stephen Mangan, English actor
- Kane Mangan, Former Australian DJ
Mangan may refer to:
- Mangan (surname)
- Mangan, India, headquarters district in the Indian state of Sikkim
- Mangan in Japanese Mahjong, a type of high scoring hand in Japanese mahjong
Usage examples of "mangan".
Mangan had also hand-picked and trained all the primary members of the Court of Esphania for their experience and varied skills so that the prince's council would support their ruler and deftly handle any problems that might arise.
Mangan said and watched as his prince gently, but in quite the most satisfactory manner, stroked the animal.
I'd got the impression, from what you said, that Mangan was a wild Irishman of the type I know and like.
In fact, no one was quite sure where Mangan obtained her mother, a beautifully marked silver tiger-cat: not a useless lap creature but a fine huntress with great long whiskers and almond-shaped green eyes, large ears for listening, long legs for running, and thick fur for withstanding the chill of the castle's stone corridors and floors.