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Kirouac is a toponymic surname, and may refer to; Kirouac is a corruption of Kerouac that come from a lieu-dit found in Brittany like in Rosporden as ''Kerouac'' and in Lanmeur as ''Kervoac''. It derives from the Breton ''ker'' which means village or area and ''gwak'' which means soft, ultimately meaning ''wet soil hamlet''. It could also come from a corruption of ''kergoat''. It is also found spelled as Kiroack, Kirouack, Kyrouac, Kéroac, Kérouac, Kerouac, Kervoac, Kerouack or Karouac. It is a common surname in Quebec. *Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a noted botanist *Jean Louis Kirouac a.k.a. Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet *Al Kirouac. 2006 Halton Herald's chief administrator *Anne Renée a.k.a. Manon Kirouac - Québécois singer ==Bibliography== *Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France (Albert Dauzat, Larousse Sélection, Librairie Larousse, 1969) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kirouac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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