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別の表記

• (given name): Kathy, Kath, Kate (diminutive)

語源

発音

• IPA: /ˈkæθ(ə)ɹɪn/

固有名詞

Katherine

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, 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, 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.

   • 2021 March 18, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, “Former Florida state senator charged in spoiler candidate scheme”, in CNN‎:

     The county’s top prosecutor, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, accused Artiles at a news conference on Thursday afternoon of paying an old friend almost $45,000 to mount a fake candidacy intended to illegally sway the election.

2. A town and local government area (the Town of Katherine) in the Northern Territory, Australia.
3. A river in the Northern Territory, which gave its name to the town.
4. A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

関連する語

• See Catherine.