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killeen

killeen noun: an ancient Irish burial ground.

Noun

killeen (plural killeens)

  1. An ancient Irish burial ground.

Proper noun capitalized: Killeen

Killeen (countable and uncountable, plural Killeens)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. The name of a few villages in Ireland.
  3. A city in Bell County, Texas, United States.
    • The Killeen Police Department told CNN they became involved after a request from Animal Control but didn’t offer more details on how the arrest unfolded.2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10...

Forms of killeen

Noun
pluralkilleens
Proper noun
pluralKilleens
alternative formKillian
alternative formKillion

Origin of killeen

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cillín.

Questions about killeen

What does killeen mean?
Killeen means an ancient Irish burial ground.
What part of speech is killeen?
Killeen can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of killeen?
The plural of killeen is killeens.

Words near killeen in the dictionary

  1. killed with kindness
  2. killedar
  3. killedars
  4. killedst
  5. killee
  6. killeen
  7. killeens
  8. killees
  9. Killen
  10. Killenaule
  11. Killenberg

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