name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English or Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Colleen
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Pronunciation
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UK: /kəˈliːn/
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UK: /kɒˈliːn/
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US: /kəˈlin/
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US: /kɔˈlin/
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US: /kɑˈlin/
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rhymes with -iːn
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CMU ARPABET: K AA2 L IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A girl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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noun
Meaning 3
A young single woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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noun
Meaning 4
an Irish girl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
History
Etymology
From the word colleen, from Irish cailín (“girl”), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, which was a product of marketing by the Hollywood film industry (to promote a new starlet in the 1920s).
Borrowed from Irish cailín.
Real reading context