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Mabel
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English
Alternative forms
en Mable
Etymology
en Amabel, from en la amābilis lovable.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmeɪbl̩/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mabel.wav Southern England
en eɪbəl 2
Proper noun
en female Latin.
en 1883 Sophie Swett All the Plums w:St. Nicholas Magazine Vol.10, Part 1, page 34 Her name was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had scarcely even heard so fine a name as Mabel Hortense.
en 1988 w:Anne Tyler Breathing Lessons 0140116419 28 The red stitching across the breast pocket read Mabel, a name Maggie had not heard since her childhood. What had become of all the Mabels? She tried to picture giving a new little baby that name.
Derived terms
en Emmabel
Anagrams
en abelm Amble Embla Lambe Mable Melba amble belam blame melba
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Mabel + 1
Pronunciation
Meybel +
Proper noun
meybel
tl female English