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Mhairi

/ˈvaːɹi/

Mhairi proper noun: a female given name from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Mhairi

  1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
    • Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic name, was pronounced "vary", which sounded close to very. The name Smellie was common enough in Scotland, but to be called something which sounded like "very smelly" was a singular misfortune, and indicative, surely, of a lack of parental...2010, Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance of Being Seven, Polygon, →ISBN, page 13

Origin of Mhairi

From Scottish Gaelic Màiri (“Mary”), which in the vocative case becomes a Mhàiri.

Questions about Mhairi

What does Mhairi mean?
Mhairi means a female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is Mhairi?
Mhairi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mhairi?
Mhairi is pronounced /ˈvaːɹi/.

Words near Mhairi in the dictionary

  1. mh
  2. mh+
  3. mh-
  4. MHA
  5. MHA Nation
  6. Mhairi
  7. mhammara
  8. Mharatta
  9. Mharattas
  10. MHAs
  11. MHC

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