Sky

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See also: sky, SKY, ský, -sky, and -ský

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Etymology

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English sky

Proper noun

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Sky

  1. Sky Crater (a crater in Thule, Arrokoth, Kuiper Belt, Solar System)

English

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Etymology 1

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From sky. As a surname, a translation of German Himmel and an anglicization of Ashkenazic surnames ending in -sky.

Proper noun

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Sky

  1. A surname.
  2. A unisex given name from English.
    • 1981, William Boyd, On the Yankee Station, Hamilton,, →ISBN, page 17:
      The bad thing was she took my son Skiff with her. It's a dumb name I know, but at the time he was born all the kids were being called things like Sky and Saffron and Powie, and I was really sold on sailing.
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Sky

  1. Obsolete form of Skye (Scottish island).
    • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson:
      A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the isle of Sky.

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