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21 January
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What does o’ mean?
What does o’ mean?
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that is an old spelling of "of"
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- English (US)
O' is usually an indicator that it's an Irish name, like O'Brien, O'Connell, O'Neil, O'Reilly and etc. I believe it originally meant "son of"

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