name
Meaning 1
A female given name originating as a coinage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Marilyn
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 R AH0 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M EH1 R AH0 L IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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History
Etymology
A twentieth-century blend of Mary and Lynn.
Named after Marilyn Monroe, as a pun on Munro (“any Scottish mountain taller than 3,000 feet”).
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