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Etymology
A variant of the name en Susan or en Susannah, from en he שׁוֹשַׁנָּה Shoshána meaning "rose" or "lily".Teresa Norman (2003) A World of Baby Names, Perigee Trade; Revised edition 0399528946
Proper noun
en female of Hebraic origin.
Usage notes
The name most famously occurs in the English nursery rhyme "Polly Put the Kettle On".I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997), pp. 353–54.
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