Colleen
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Colleen¹
- /kəˈliːn/ UK
- /kɒˈliːn/ UK
- /kəˈlin/ US
- /kɔˈlin/ US
- /kɑˈlin/ US
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
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).
proper noun
- 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.
colleen²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish cailín.
noun colleens · coleen
- A girl.
- A young single woman. Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by.
