Enid
/ˈiːnɪd/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any snail in the family Enidae.
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
- 3 A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; see Wikipedia:Enid, Oklahoma
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”).
Etymology 2
From translingual Enidae.