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Dickens en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɪkɪnz/
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Etymology

From Dicken, a medieval diminutive form of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Meanings

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.
  2. A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.

Deriveds

Dickensism · Dickens Heath · Dickensiana · Dickensian · Dickensesque · Dickens County

Translations (5)

mr डिकेन्स (Transliterations of the surname) · ru Ди́ккенс (Transliterations of the surname) · cmn 狄更斯 (Transliterations of the surname) · ja ディケンズ (Transliterations of the surname) · pl Dickens (Transliterations of the surname)