Edna

//ˈɛdnə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of environmental DNA. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Hebrew.

    "Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die."

  2. 2
    A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States.
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

Synonyms

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environmental dna

Example

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"Suffice to say, Edna gets no work done."

Etymology

From Hebrew עֶדְנָה (“pleasure; delight”); a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit. In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an anglicization of Eithne.

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