Egle

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An apple cultivar from Lithuania.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lithuanian eglė (“spruce”).

Etymology 2

* As an English surname, variant of Eagle. * As a south German and Alemannic German surname, short form of ancient Germanic names containing the element *aggju (“edge of a sword”). Compare Egli.

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