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Aileen

Aileen proper noun: a female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.

Proper noun

Aileen

  1. A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.
    • Though her name was Aileen the minister drafted in continually referred to her as Eileen, but neither Louise nor the ramshackle bunch of people who regarded themselves as her mother's friends had bothered to correct him. Louise liked the way 'Eileen' made her mother seem like someone else...2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page age

Questions about Aileen

What does Aileen mean?
Aileen means a female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.
What part of speech is Aileen?
Aileen is a proper noun.

Words near Aileen in the dictionary

  1. ailantuses
  2. Ailao toad
  3. ailavator
  4. ailavators
  5. ailed
  6. Aileen
  7. ailer
  8. aileron
  9. aileron authority
  10. aileron roll
  11. aileron rolls

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