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Janet
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janet JANET
English
+ (given name)
+ (airline)
Etymology
From en Jane et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century.
en Jeanette Jeannette Juanita Shanae Sinead.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Janet.wav Southern England
en ænɪt 2
en /d͡ʒæˈnɛt/ HK
en Jan et
Proper noun
s
en female.
en 1733 Allan Ramsay The Tea-Table Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scots Songs My Jo Janet Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet,And there ye'll see ye'r bonny fell, my jo Janet.
en 1990 Barbara Trapido Temples of Delight 50 Alice decided to have lots and lots of children and all of them with lovely names like Amanda-Jane and Arabella and Dominic and Ganymede."But too many children will be expensive," Flora said. "I'm having two and mine aren't called such silly names as yours. Mine are called Andrew and Janet.""All right," Alice said, who was by nature accommodating. "Those are nice names, Flora."
en Anna Bahney These people bought homes without ever stepping inside w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/success/real-estate-buying-without-seeing-coronavirus 2020-06-26 When stay-at-home orders kept Jeff and Janet Ralli from looking at a home in the neighborhood they had their eye on in Ocean County, New Jersey, they forged ahead online. https://web.archive.org/web/20211209170552/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/success/real-estate-buying-without-seeing-coronavirus/
en hamlet p/Alberta c/Canada.
en US military _ slang A highly classified fleet of passenger aircraft used to transport the military and contractors.
Derived terms
en Janetian
Descendants
cy Sioned 1
en 2-syllable words female given names from French female given names from Hebrew diminutives of female given names