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Marilyn
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English
Pronunciation
(General American)
en /ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ nMmmm
en /ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ Mmmm
Etymology 1
A twentieth-century blend of en Mary and en Lynn.
Proper noun
en female coinages.
en 1993 Nuruddin Farah Gifts 71 Arcade Publishing 1999 1559704845 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.
Etymology 2
Named after Marilyn Monroe, as a pun on en Munro any Scottish mountain taller than 3,000 feet.
Noun
+
en UK A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres.
en eponyms
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Marilyn + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Marilyn + 1
Pronunciation
Márilyn
Proper noun
Márilýn +
tl female English