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Ethel
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ethel eþel
English
<dab!>
Alternative forms
en Ethyl
Etymology
Short form of names of en ang - origin beginning with Ethel-, ang æþele noble. First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛθɪl/
en en-ca-ethyl.opus CA
en ethyl one pronunciation
en ɛθɪl 2
Proper noun
en female Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
en 1855 William Makepeace Thackeray The Newcomes Bradbury and Evans 95 If it is so false, and base, and hollow, this great world why does Ethel Newcome cling to it? Will you be fairer, dear, with any other name than your own?
en 1979 Mary McMullen But Nellie Was So Nice 23 Doubleday Charmian Lyle had given herself her first name at the age of sixteen, upon encountering it in an English novel. Her baptismal name was Ethel. When her husband Walter was extremely angry with her, he called her Ethel.Charmian, she thought, suited her much better. She didn't think she looked, felt, or sounded like Ethel. Nor like her middle name, which she really detested, Edna.
en Jake Tapper and Cheri Mossburg California Gov. Gavin Newsom denies parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/us/sirhan-sirhan-newsom-denies-parole/index.html 2022-01-13 Two of Kennedy’s sons, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Douglas Kennedy, supported the release during Sirhan’s 16th appearance before the California Parole Board. But other family members, including RFK’s widow Ethel, felt Sirhan should remain imprisoned. https://web.archive.org/web/20220114022521/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/us/sirhan-sirhan-newsom-denies-parole/index.html
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm co/Arkansas County s/Arkansas.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Greenfield co/Orange County s/Indiana.
en ucomm co/East Feliciana Parish s/Louisiana.
en town co/Attala County s/Mississippi.
en town co/Macon County s/Missouri.
en ucomm co/Pushmataha County s/Oklahoma.
en ucomm co/Richmond County s/Virginia.
en ucomm co/Lewis County s/Washington.
en ucomm co/Logan County s/West Virginia.
en hamlet co/Huron County p/Ontario c/Canada.
Related terms
pet form: Eth
Translations
female given name
Danish: da Edel
Hawaiian: haw ʻEkela
Japanese: ja エセル eseru
Marathi: mr एथेल f
Norwegian: no Edel
Polish: pl Ethel f
Swedish: sv Edla
Anagrams
en eehlt Leeth Lethe Theel lethe
Cebuano
Alternative forms
ceb Ethyl
Etymology
ceb :bor en:Ethel<ety:uder<ang:->> 2 1
Pronunciation
Etel
ceb E thel
Noun
Etel
ceb female English < Old English
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl Ethyl
Etymology
tl :bor en:Ethel<ety:uder<ang:->> 2 1
Pronunciation
Etel
Proper noun
Etel
tl female English < Old English