English Explanatory Dictionary

Colleen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from English or Irish.
noun
  1. A girl.
  2. A young single woman.

Pronunciation

/kəˈliːn/ /kɒˈliːn/ /kəˈlin/ /kɔˈlin/ /kɑˈlin/

Word forms

Colleen colleens coleen

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).

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