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Marilyn en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• /ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ Mary–marry–merry merger

Etymology

A twentieth-century blend of Mary and Lynn.

Meanings

1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
   • Maybe you know my grand-daughter, the one with the non-Somali name - Marilyn. You won't believe it, but she was named for me, and my own is Maryam. She tells me that Marilyn is the name of a famous actress who's now dead. You know the young these days, bringing mysteries and foreign ways into our lives. 1993, Nuruddin Farah, Gifts, Arcade Publishing, published 1999, →ISBN, page 71:

Marilyn en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• /ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ Mary–marry–merry merger

Etymology

Named after Marilyn Monroe, as a pun on Munro (“any Scottish mountain taller than 3,000 feet”).

Meanings

1. (UK) A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres.

Forms

wikipedia: Marilyn Monroe