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Latest revision as of 07:40, 30 April 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Sìne and Síne, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, and Shauna.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːnə
Proper noun
[edit]Sheena
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- 1995, John le Carré, Our Game, Knopf, published 1995, →ISBN, page 30:
- I imagined her tall, horsy and thirty-something with a name like Sheena. There had been a time when I had regarded Sheenas as the backbone of England.
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Shee‧na
Noun
[edit]Sheena
- a female given name
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Koine Greek
- English terms derived from Hebrew
- English doublets
- Rhymes:English/iːnə
- Rhymes:English/iːnə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms with quotations
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names