Kathleen

//ˈkæθˌlin// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Irish.

    "Kathleen mavourneen! the gray dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill, The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking, Kathleen mavourneen, what slumbering still?"

  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States.
  4. 4
    A census-designated place in Florida, United States; named for early settler Catherine Prine.
  5. 5
    A ghost town in Western Australia, Australia.

Example

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"Kathleen is studying linear algebra."

Etymology

Anglicization of Caitlín, an Irish equivalent of the English Catherine.

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Kathleen Mavourneen

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