English Explanatory Dictionary

Edna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
  2. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
noun
  1. Initialism of environmental DNA.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛdnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Edna.wav

Word forms

Edna

Etymology

From Hebrew עֶדְנָה (“pleasure; delight”); a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit. In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an anglicization of Eithne.

Related words

Eithne Ena Enya Etna cpDNA dsDNA hDNA mtDNA ncDNA nDNA ssDNA

Derived words

Aunt Edna
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