Marilyn

//ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres. UK
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name originating as a coinage.

    "Maybe you know my grand-daughter, the one with the non-Somali name - Marilyn. You won't believe it, but she was named for me, and my own is Maryam. She tells me that Marilyn is the name of a famous actress who's now dead. You know the young these days, bringing mysteries and foreign ways into our lives."

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"Have you ever seen the new house in which Marilyn lives?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

A twentieth-century blend of Mary and Lynn.

Etymology 2

Named after Marilyn Monroe, as a pun on Munro (“any Scottish mountain taller than 3,000 feet”).

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