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Katherine vs Catrina - What's the difference?

katherine | catrina |

As proper nouns the difference between katherine and catrina

is that katherine is , a popular spelling variant of catherine while catrina is , a variant of (l).

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.

    • catrina

    English

    (La Calavera Catrina) From (etyl), from an etching titled (La Calavera Catrina) by (Jose Guadalupe Posada) that showed a skeleton wearing an elegant, European-style hat.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elegantly-dressed skeleton figure; used as a symbol of the Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, celebration.

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