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Cathys

Cathys is the plural of Cathy.

Meaning of Cathy

Proper noun

Cathy (plural Cathys or Cathies)

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Catherine and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century.
    • It was named Catherine, but he never called it the name in full, as he had never called the first Catherine short, probably because Heathcliff had a habit of doing so. The little one was always Cathy, it formed to him a distinction from the mother, and yet, a connection with her; ( - - - )1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC

Questions about Cathys

What is Cathys the plural of?
Cathys is the plural of Cathy.

Words near Cathys in the dictionary

  1. cathouses
  2. Cathryn
  3. caths
  4. Cathundral
  5. Cathy
  6. Cathys
  7. CATI
  8. CATIA
  9. caticide
  10. caticorn
  11. caticorns

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