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Amber
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amber ämber
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈæm.bə/ UK
ăm'bər US, en /ˈæm.bɚ/
en æmbə(ɹ) 2
en amber
en Am ber
Etymology 1
From en amber, from en enm ambre, from en fro ambre, from en la ambar, from en ar عَنْبَر ambergris.
Proper noun
en female English, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
The youngest daughter of the Marchioness of Summerdown had one of these quaint, pretty names - Amber! - and what a pretty creature she was!
en 1944 w:Kathleen Winsor w:Forever Amber 14 Chicago Review Press 2000 1556524048 And then she said softly, "Sarah - I think I'll name her Amber - for the colour of her father's eyes - "
en 2005 w:Ali Smith The Accidental 64 Penguin 2006 9780141010397 A bit raddled, maybe thirty, maybe older, tanned like a hitchhiker, dressed like a road protester, one of those older women still determinedly being a girl; all those eighties feministy still-political women were terribly interested in what Eve did. Hippie name. Amber. Ridiculous name.
en of uncertain origin.
en 1901 Frederick Swainson Acton's Feud: A Public School Story 14 BiblioBazaar, LLC 2007 1426481713 Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards, and when he secured he passed the ball on to Aspinall.
Derived terms
en Amberlynn
Translations
female given name
Dutch: nl Amber
French: fr Ambre
German: de Amber
Italian: it Ambra
Japanese: ja アンバー Anbā
Latvian: lv Dzintra f
Marathi: mr अँबर f
Etymology 2
+, India
en hi अंबर.
Alternative forms
en Ambar
Proper noun
en male Hindi.
en city s/Rajasthan c/India, also known as Amer.
Etymology 3
River +
From a pre-Celtic word.
Proper noun
en river co/Derbyshire cc/England, which joins the River Derwent at Ambergate.
Derived terms
en Ambergate
en Amber Valley
Etymology 4
Proper noun
en Ambel language.
Anagrams
en abemr Brame Bream bemar brame bream embar
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Amber, from en amber, from ceb enm ambre, from ceb fro ambre, from ceb la ambar, from ceb ar عَنْبَر amber.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb female English
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɑmbər/
nl Nl-Amber.ogg
nl Am ber
Proper noun
f
nl female, en Amber
Tagalog
Etymology
tl en Amber, from en amber, from tl enm ambre, enm aumbre, from tl fro aumbre, fro ambre, from tl ar عَنْبَر ambergris, from tl pal 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 ambar ambergris.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl female English