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Emmeline

Emmeline proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Emmeline

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • With no notice from her father's family, Emmeline had attained her twelfth year.1788, Charlotte Turner Smith, Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle, White, Wogan, published 1789, page 4

Origin of Emmeline

Medieval English form of Old French Ameline, diminutive form of Amélie, cognate to English Amelia.

Questions about Emmeline

What does Emmeline mean?
Emmeline means a female given name from the Germanic languages.
What part of speech is Emmeline?
Emmeline is a proper noun.

Words near Emmeline in the dictionary

  1. Emme
  2. Emmel
  3. emmeleia
  4. emmelichthyid
  5. emmelichthyids
  6. Emmeline
  7. Emmels
  8. Emmen
  9. emmenagog
  10. emmenagogic
  11. emmenagogs

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