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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maid, maiden, damsel, female, girl, miss, missy, lassie, woman, virgin, lass, lady

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British Dictionary definitions for colleen

colleen
/ (ˈkɒliːn, kɒˈliːn) /

noun

an Irish word for girl
an Irish girl

Word Origin for colleen

C19: from Irish Gaelic cailín a girl, a young unmarried woman
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