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Kilmanas

KÌLMANAS

Etymology

It is unlikely that the compound surname (Kil-manas), whose second syllable man- would be connected with Mañginas (see). It is probably a Germanism, cf. German Killmann, Kiehlmann: Kilian ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Kilmanienė / Kilmanaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈkʲɪlmɐnɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 367.