colleen
[ kol-een, ko-leen ]
/ ˈkɒl in, kɒˈlin /
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noun
an Irish girl.
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Origin of colleen
1820–30; <Irish cailín, equivalent to caile girl, wench + -ín diminutive suffix
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Colleen
[ kol-een, ko-leen ]
/ ˈkɒl in, kɒˈlin /
noun
a female given name: from an Irish word meaning “girl.”
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Word Origin for colleen
C19: from Irish Gaelic cailín a girl, a young unmarried woman
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