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Colleen

name
/kəˈliːn/UK/kəˈlin/US

Etymology

From the word colleen, from Irish cailín (“girl”), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, which was a product of marketing by the Hollywood film industry (to promote a new starlet in the 1920s).

  1. derived from cailín

Definitions

  1. A female given name from English or Irish.

    • Her name is spelled Coleen making her "Co" with a hard O and not Colleen by any stretch - I'm suspicious on her authority on the subject.

  2. A girl.

  3. A young single woman.

    • Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA