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Dylan
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English
+ Ail Don
Etymology
From en cy - mythology; possibly from en cel - for "son of the sea" or "born from the ocean." Unrelated to the name en Dillon, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɪlən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dylan.wav Southern England
en ɪlən 2
en Dillon
Proper noun
en male Welsh.
en Laura Smith-Spark Are mass killings on the increase? Criminologist says no w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/us-mass-killings 2012-04-03 In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614212732/https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/us-mass-killings/
en female.
en Ramishah Maruf Anheuser-Busch’s US marketing chief is stepping down as Bud Light sales sink w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/business/anheuser-busch-cmo-resign-bud-light/index.html 2023-11-15 The brand’s Bud Light customers abandoned the beer after it partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and botched its response to the controversy. https://web.archive.org/web/20240717100816/https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/business/anheuser-busch-cmo-resign-bud-light/index.html
en rare en.
en 2019-10-15 Aleksandar Hemon https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/peter-handke-nobel-bosnia-genocide.html ‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’ w:The New York Times Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists. https://web.archive.org/web/20200405005229/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/peter-handke-nobel-bosnia-genocide.html
Derived terms
surname en Dylanesque, en Dylanologist, en Dylanology
See also
en Dylann
Anagrams
en adlny Dalyn Landy Lynda yland
en unisex given names
French
Pronunciation
Dyla_n
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Dylan.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Dylan.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Dylan.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Dylan.wav France
Proper noun
m
fr male Welsh in the 1990s
Welsh
Etymology
From cy dy- llanw to, of tide.
Pronunciation
cy /ˈdəlan/
Proper noun
m
cy male
Mutation