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Merida

/ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/

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

Proper noun (1)

Merida

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • The defendants, Leonard Morgan, Felix Forman, William Poe, Steve Forman and Jim Hatchett Baker, Merida Smith, Tine Williams and Bud Tegarden, composed the Poe crowd […]1920, Reports of civil and criminal cases decided by the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, page 460
    • Rachel Atkinson. […] Merida Smith. […] Nellie Myers.1951, Albert Ross Hogue, Mark Twain's Obedstown and Knobs of Tennessee: A History of Jamestown and Fentress County, Tennessee, page 79

Proper noun (2)

Merida (plural Meridas)

  1. A habitational surname.

Forms of Merida

pluralMeridas

Origin of Merida

Uncertain. Possibly a coinage based on Mary, or transferred from the Spanish place name Mérida.

Borrowed from Spanish Mérida.

Questions about Merida

What does Merida mean?
Merida means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Merida?
Merida is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Merida?
Merida is pronounced /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/.

Words near Merida in the dictionary

  1. Mericle
  2. Mericles
  3. mericlinal
  4. mericlone
  5. mericlones
  6. Merida
  7. meridamycin
  8. Meridas
  9. meride
  10. Meriden
  11. merides

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