kyle

¹

[kahyl]

noun

Scot.

1. a narrow channel of water between two islands or between an island and the mainland; a strait or sound.

Kyle

²

[kahyl]

noun

1. a male or female given name.

kyle

/ kaɪl /

noun

1. (esp in place names) a narrow strait or channel

   Kyle of Lochalsh

Word History and Origins

Origin of kyle¹

1540–50; < Scots Gaelic caoil (genitive of caol ) strait, sound (noun use of caol narrow)

Word History and Origins

Origin of kyle¹

C16: from Gaelic caol, from caol narrow

Example Sentences

San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan noted before the Nov. 9 game between the teams that the Rams’ “front five, the guys they keep on the line of scrimmage usually is probably the best in the NFL.”

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Kyle Smith gives us his take on whether the second part of the movie-musical adaptation rises to the heights of the first.

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The majority of taxpayers interact with the Internal Revenue Service once a year at filing time and don’t do annual adjustments to their tax withholding, according to Kyle Pomerleau, a senior fellow focused on tax policy at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Business Secretary Peter Kyle and the most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins, have all been on visits to China.

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Goalkeeper Ederson was ever present, with Kyle Walker, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte also regulars in a defence that featured Vincent Kompany, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Nicolas Otamendi across the course of the campaign.

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