kylieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Possibly from kylie (“boomerang”). Originally popular in Australia, the name has gained popularity elsewhere in the English-speaking world due to the fame of Kylie Minogue.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪli/
• 韻: -aɪli

固有名詞

Kylie (複数形 Kylies)

1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
   • 2002, Erinn Banting, Australia: The People‎^[1], page 30:

     Kylie and her parents had been driving through the outback for hours. They had taken a five-hour flight from Sydney, where they lived, to Perth, in Western Australia. From Perth, they had to drive another seven hours to get to Kylie′s aunt and uncle′s sheep station.

   • 2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 102:

     Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —

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