collie
/ˈkɒli/US/ˈkɑli/
collie noun: any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs.
Noun
collie (plural collies)
Proper noun capitalized: Collie
Collie (countable and uncountable, plural Collies)
- A surname.
- A locality in the Gilgandra council area and the Warren council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in the Shire of Collie in the South West region, Western Australia, named after the river.
- A local government area in this area of Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Collie.
- A river in the South West region, Western Australia, named after Alexander Collie.
collie meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
collie in Hindi
- कॉली
collie in Marathi
- group of dog breeds
- कॉली kŏlī
collie in Urdu
- کولی
collie in Bengali
- এক ধরনের রাখাল কুকুর
More languagesFewer languages
- collie in Telugu
- కోల్లీ
- collie in Malayalam
- കോളി
- collie in Punjabi
- ਕੌਲੀ
- collie in Gujarati
- કોલી
- collie in Odia
- କୋଲି, କୋଲ୍ଲୀ
Forms of collie
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | collies |
| alternative form (dated) | colley |
| alternative form (dated) | colly |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Collies |
Origin of collie
Perhaps originally from coal, with reference to its colour; compare colly and collier. More at Wikipedia at collie § Name.
Words formed from collie
Phrases with collie
Words that rhyme with collie
Questions about collie
- What does collie mean?
- Collie means any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs.
- What is collie in Hindi?
- Collie in Hindi is कॉली. See Collie meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is collie?
- Collie can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce collie?
- Collie is pronounced /ˈkɒli/ (UK).
- What is the plural of collie?
- The plural of collie is collies.
Words near collie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: collie (page history and authors); Collie (page history and authors); collie (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collie (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collie (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collie (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collie (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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