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anne | katherine |

As a noun anne

is year.

As a proper noun katherine is

, a popular spelling variant of catherine.

anne

English

Etymology 1

The French spelling of (Ann), used interchangeably since the Middle Ages. From Vulgate (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , from the (etyl) female name {{m, he, ???, ??????, tr=Hannah), meaning 'grace; gracious'. Compare with (John).

Proper noun

(Annes)
  • .
  • * 1380s-1390s , :
    • Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne , /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne,
  • * 1860 Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood): East Lynne . Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0192804626 page 29:
    • "What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne ; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!"
    "I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"
  • * 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of the Green Gables
    • "But if you call me Anne' please call me ' Anne spelled with an e."
    "What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.
    "Oh, it makes such'' a difference. It ''looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can, and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished."
    Usage notes
    * The popularity of the name originates in the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.

    Etymology 2

    A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn'' (''eagle ), such as Arnold.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    katherine

    English

    (Katherine River)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a popular spelling variant of Catherine.
  • * 1816 Alexander Chalmers: The General Biographical Dictionary : page 186:
    • SAVAGE (HENRY) - - - His aim was to appear great in little things, and the gravity with which he discusses the origin, derivation, &c of the name Katherine', whether it should be spelt with a K or a C, at which time the letter ''k'' was introduced, and the double ''l'' in Balliol, is truly wonderful. - - - By his wife, Lady Mary Sandys, he left issue Henry, Edwin, John, ' Katherine , and Thomas
  • * 1991 Margaret Atwood: Wilderness Tips ISBN 0385 421060 : page 36:
    • During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine , dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
  • A placename given to a river and a town in Northern Territory, Australia.