colleen
noun
an Irish girl.
colleen
1 American
[kol-een, ko-leen]
/ ˈkɒl in, kɒˈlin /
noun
Colleen
2
American
[kol-een, ko-leen]
/ ˈkɒl in, kɒˈlin /
noun
colleen
British
/ kɒˈliːn, ˈkɒliːn /
noun
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an Irish word for girl
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an Irish girl
Etymology
Origin of colleen
1820–30; < Irish cailín, equivalent to caile girl, wench + -ín diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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District Judge Colleen McMahon handed down a 143-page opinion explaining exactly how illegal that was.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
CEO Colleen Keating attributed slower member growth to headwinds and paused a national Black Card price increase for review.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
I’m just going to throw it out there that I’d like to see Misty Knight and Colleen Wing back also.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Many of the titles on the list are also either recent or upcoming screen adaptations including Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing and Chloe Walsh's Boys of Tommen series.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Colleen is young, maybe in her thirties, and really nice.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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