Magdalena

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Magdalena

/mæɡdəˈlɛnə/

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Borrowed from Spanish Magdalena. Doublet of Magdalene and Madeline.

proper noun

A female given name, variant of Magdalene. His wife was Miss Magdalena Drach, daughter of Peter Drach of Greenport.
A department in northern Colombia.
A river in Colombia. It was 2 a.m. on our first night cruising Colombia’s Rio Magdalena when I woke up, rolled over, and saw what looked like a log in the water.
A municipality of Honduras.
A municipality of Laguna, Philippines.
A village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States.

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"Magdalena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/magdalena. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Magdalena. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/magdalena

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"Magdalena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/magdalena.

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@misc{magdalena_2026,
  title = {Magdalena},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/magdalena},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}