MacDonald

See also: Macdonald

English

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MacDonald

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Alternative forms

• Mac Donald, Macdonald, MacDonnell, Macdonnell, McDonald, Mc Donald, Mcdonald, McDonnell, M'Donald, M'donald, MDonald, Mdonald, MaDonald, Madonald, Donald

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məkˈdɒnəld/
• (US) IPA^(key): /məkˈdɑnəld/
• Rhymes: -ɒnəld

Proper noun

MacDonald

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic common in Scotland.
   • 2022 May 20, Elle Reeve, “How White ‘replacement theory’ evolved from elderly racists to teens online to the alleged inspiration for another racist mass homicide”, in CNN‎:

     Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute, fronted by Richard Spencer and designed to “elevate the consciousness of whites”; the Occidental Quarterly, run by CMS member Kevin MacDonald and presenting itself as a scholarly journal; American Third Position, later rebranded as the American Freedom Party, led by Johnson with “a platform that is predicated on the preservation of our traditional European roots.”

2. An unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Translations

surname, place name — see also McDonald's

Amharic: ማክዶናልድ (makdonald) Arabic: ماكدونالد Armenian: Մակդոնալդ (Makdonald) Belarusian: Макдональд (Makdónalʹd) Bengali: ম্যাকডোনাল্ড (mêkḍōnalḍ) Burmese: မက်ဒေါ်နယ် (makdaunai) Chinese: Cantonese: 麥當勞 / 麦当劳 (mak6 dong1 lou4) Mandarin: 麥克唐納 / 麦克唐纳 (zh) (Màikètángnà) Dhivehi: މެކްޑޮނަލްޑް (mek̊ḍonalḍ) Georgian: მაკდონალდი (maḳdonaldi) Greek: Μακ Ντόναλντ (Mak Ntónalnt), Μακντόναλντ (el) (Makntónalnt) Gujarati: મેકડોનાલ્ડ (mekḍonālḍ) Hebrew: מקדונלד Hindi: मैकडोनाल्ड (maikḍonālḍ) Irish: Mac Dhomhnaill Japanese: マクドナルド (Makudonarudo) Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಡೊನಾಲ್ಡ್ (myākḍonālḍ) Kazakh: Макдональд (Makdonald) Khmer: ម៉ាក់ដូណាល់ (makdounal) Konkani: मॅकडोनाल्ड (mĕkḍonālḍa) Korean: 맥도날드 (Maekdonaldeu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ماکدۆناڵد (ckb) (makdonalld) Kyrgyz: Макдоналд (Makdonald) Lao: ແມັກໂດນອລ (mæk dō nǭn) Malayalam: മക്ഡൊണാൾഡ് (makḍoṇāḷḍŭ) Marathi: मॅकडोनाल्ड (mĕkḍonālḍa) Mongolian: Макдоналд (Makdonald) Nepali: म्याकडोनाल्ड (myākaḍonālḍa) Odia: ମ୍ୟାକଡୋନାଲ୍ଡ (myākaḍonālḍa) Pashto: مکډونالډ Persian: مک دونالد Punjabi: ਮੈਕਡੋਨਲਡ (maikḍonalaḍ) Russian: Макдональд (ru) (Makdonalʹd) Sindhi: ميڪڊونلڊ (mekḍõlḍ) Sinhalese: මැක්ඩොනල්ඩ් (mækḍonalḍ) Tajik: Макдоналд (Makdonald) Tamil: மெக்டொனால்ட் (mekṭoṉālṭ) Tatar: Макдональд (Maqdonalʹd) Telugu: మెక్‌డొనాల్డ్ (mek‌ḍonālḍ) Thai: แมคโดนัลด์ (mɛ́k-doo-nôo) Tigrinya: ማክዶናልድ (makdonald) Ukrainian: Макдональд (Makdonalʹd) Urdu: میکڈونلڈ (maikḍonālḍ) Yiddish: מאַקדאַנאַלד (makdanald)