name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
collie
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒli/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈkɑli/
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rhymes with -ɒli
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homophone: colly
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A locality in the Gilgandra council area and the Warren council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A town in the Shire of Collie in the South West region, Western Australia, named after the river.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A local government area in this area of Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Collie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A river in the South West region, Western Australia, named after Alexander Collie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shepherd dog, sheepdog, sheep dog
History
Etymology
Perhaps originally from coal, with reference to its colour; compare colly and collier. More at Wikipedia at collie § Name.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: коли (koli) — group of dog breeds
- Danish: collie — group of dog breeds
- Esperanto: skota ŝafhundo — group of dog breeds
- Finnish: collie — group of dog breeds
- Finnish: skotlanninpaimenkoira — group of dog breeds
- French: colley — group of dog breeds
- German: Collie — group of dog breeds
- Greek: κόλεϊ (kóleï) — group of dog breeds
- Japanese: コリー (korī) — group of dog breeds
- Korean: 콜리 (kolli) — group of dog breeds
- Marathi: कॉली (kŏlī) — group of dog breeds
- Polish: owczarek szkocki — group of dog breeds
- Russian: ко́лли (kólli) — group of dog breeds
- Russian: шотла́ндская овча́рка (šotlándskaja ovčárka) — group of dog breeds
- Scottish Gaelic: coilidh — group of dog breeds
- Swedish: collie — group of dog breeds