Katherine

Proper noun

Katherine

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a popular spelling variant of Catherine.
   • SAVAGE (HENRY) - - - His aim was to appear great in little things, and the gravity with which he discusses the origin, derivation, &c of the name Katherine, whether it should be spelt with a K or a C, at which time the letter k was introduced, and the double l in Balliol, is truly wonderful. - - -...1816, Alexander Chalmers, The General Biographical Dictionary, page 186
   • During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her...1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36
2. A town and local government area (the Town of Katherine) in the Northern Territory, Australia.
3. The Katherine Region (a region of the Northern Territory, Australia).
4. A river in the Northern Territory, which gave its name to the town.
5. An electoral division in the Northern Territory, Australia.
6. A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.