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Mull en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /mʊl/ (Northern-England)
• /mʌl/ (Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, Southern-England)

Etymology

From the noun mull (“crag, promontory”). Known in Old Norse as Myl.

Meanings

1. An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

Translations (1)

gd Muile (island)

Mull en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From mulligatawny.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, slang) A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
   • The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence […] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world. 1837, Asiatic Journal, page 251:
   • [R]esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.' 1852, Notes and Queries (1st ser. v. 165)
   • […] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, […] 1844, The New Sporting Magazine, volume 8, page 394:

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