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mavourneen

or ³¾²¹Â·±¹´Ç³Ü°ù·²Ô¾±²Ô

[ muh-voor-neen, -vawr-, -vohr- ]

noun

Irish English.
  1. darling; dear.


mavourneen

/ ³¾É™Ëˆ±¹ÊŠÉ™²Ô¾±Ë²Ô /

noun

  1. my darling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mavourneen1

First recorded in 1790–1800, mavourneen is from Irish mo mhuirnín “my darlingâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mavourneen1

C18: from Irish, from mo my + ³¾³Ü¾±°ù²ÔÄ«²Ô love
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Example Sentences

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“You know why?†his mother, Mavourneen Bzdil, asked.

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Mavourneen ‘Mav’ McCarthy, 80, an obstetric nurse in Washington at the old Columbia Hospital for Women in the late 1960s who was later on the staff of American University’s Student Health Center and worked as a private-duty hospice nurse, died June 25 at her home in D.C.

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Two years later, he and his wife, Mavourneen, co-founded the Center for Teaching Peace, a D.C.-based nonprofit that works with schools to create peace studies programs.

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He kept saying, Rasheen, Rasheen, mavourneen mean, and the song made no sense because his father dropped him on his head long ago and every time he sang that song he had different words.

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O’Connor, 66, suffered a stroke and had a brain tumor removed in 2011; she now lives with her twin sister, Mavourneen, and says she suffers memory loss and sometimes has trouble reading.

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