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The name leprechaun is derived from the Irish language word leipreachán, defined as "a pygmy, a Sprite, or leprechaun"---according to most sources, the word is thought to be a corruption of Middle Irish luchrupán, from the Old Irish luchorpán, a compound of the roots lú (small) and corp (body).

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