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Maureen

Syllables: Mau·reen/ˈmɔːɹiːn/

Maureen proper noun: a female given name from Irish.

Proper noun

Maureen

  1. A female given name from Irish.
    • I am Maureen because Uncle Louis liked the film star Maureen O'Hara. Fine. The fact that a small sallow baby born in Hull was unlikely to grow up into a flame-haired temptress with flashing green eyes and the cleavage the size of Galway was neither here or there. Maureen I became. Or Marine on the...2000, Maureen Lipman, Lip Reading, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 12

Origin of Maureen

Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary. By surface analysis, Maura + -een.

Words that rhyme with Maureen

Questions about Maureen

What does Maureen mean?
Maureen means a female given name from Irish.
What part of speech is Maureen?
Maureen is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Maureen?
Maureen is pronounced /ˈmɔːɹiːn/.

Words near Maureen in the dictionary

  1. maupok
  2. Maura
  3. Mauras
  4. Maurassian
  5. Maurassism
  6. Maureen
  7. Maurer
  8. Maurertown
  9. Mauresque
  10. Mauretania
  11. Mauretania Caesariensis

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