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Clune

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Clune
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)Irish
Word/nameMac Cluanain or O Cluanain
Meaning"cluana" (deceitful, flattering, or rogue) or
"glun" (knee)
Other names
Variant form(s)Clunes, Cluen, Cluin (McCluin and McGluin), Cloon

Clune is an anglicised form of the Irish names of either O Cluanain or McCluin. O Cluanain derives from the Irish "cluana" meaning either "deceitful", "flattering" or "rogue." McCluin comes from the Irish Gaelic "glun" meaning "knee". The surname was originally McClune in County Clare, where it may have originated.[1]

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Notable people with the surname include:

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