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Kathleen

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Etymology

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Anglicization of Caitlín, an Irish equivalent of the English Catherine.

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Kathleen

  1. A female given name from Irish.
    • 1837, Marion Crawford - Frederick Nicholls Crouch, Kathleen Mavourneen (a song):
      Kathleen mavourneen! the gray dawn is breaking,
      The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill,
      The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,
      Kathleen mavourneen, what slumbering still?
  2. An unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States.
  4. A census-designated place in Florida, United States; named for early settler Catherine Prine.
  5. A ghost town in Western Australia, Australia.

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