Lily

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English

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Etymology

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A 19th-century flower name, from lily. Also a diminutive of Lilian and sometimes Elizabeth.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪli/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪli

Proper noun

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Lily

  1. A female given name from English. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.
    • 1866 August 11, Frances Eleanor Trollope, “The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble”, in All the Year Round, page 100:
      "Poor little thing! She is very wee and frail, isn't she? Only two months old. We came away from the north, as soon as I was able to travel. She is called Lily."
      I remembered Horace having once told me that his mother's name had been Lilias.
    • 2001, Catherine Coulter, Hemlock Bay, Jove, published 2002, →ISBN, page 57:
      "Lily is such a romantic name. It sounds to me like soft music; it's the sort of name to make one dream of fanciful things."
      Lily smiled. "It's my grandmother's name. Coincidence, maybe, but she grew the most beautiful lilies."

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Lily, from lily.

Proper noun

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Lily

  1. a female given name from English
  2. (urban legend) an ungo that terrorized Cebu in the late 90s

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Lily, from lily.

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Lily (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. a female given name from English