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cathy | china |

As a proper noun cathy

is a diminutive form of catherine and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century.

As a noun china is

(uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend).

cathy

English

Alternative forms

* Cathi * Cathie * Kathi * Kathie * Kathy

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • A diminutive form of Catherine and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century.
  • *
  • *:It was named Catherine, but he never called it the name in full, as he had never called the first Catherine short, probably because Heathcliff had a habit of doing so. The little one was always Cathy , it formed to him a distinction from the mother, and yet, a connection with her;

    • Anagrams

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    china

    English

    (wikipedia China)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.

    • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

    Anagrams

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