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Marilyn

/ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/

Marilyn proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

Proper noun

Marilyn

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • Maybe you know my grand-daughter, the one with the non-Somali name - Marilyn. You won't believe it, but she was named for me, and my own is Maryam. She tells me that Marilyn is the name of a famous actress who's now dead. You know the young these days, bringing mysteries and foreign ways into our...1993, Nuruddin Farah, Gifts, Arcade Publishing, published 1999, →ISBN, page 71

Noun

Marilyn (plural Marilyns)

  1. (UK) A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres.

Forms of Marilyn

pluralMarilyns

Origin of Marilyn

A twentieth-century blend of Mary and Lynn.

Named after Marilyn Monroe, as a pun on Munro (“any Scottish mountain taller than 3,000 feet”).

Phrases with Marilyn

Questions about Marilyn

What does Marilyn mean?
Marilyn means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Marilyn?
Marilyn can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Marilyn?
Marilyn is pronounced /ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/.

Words near Marilyn in the dictionary

  1. Marillier shot
  2. Marillier shots
  3. Marilog
  4. Marilou
  5. Mariluán
  6. Marilyn
  7. Marilyn Monroe
  8. Marilyn Monroes
  9. Marilyns
  10. Marilys
  11. marimastat

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