Carolyn

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹəlɪn/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəlɪn/
  • Hyphenation: Car‧o‧lyn

Proper noun

Carolyn

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.
    • 2007 Carolyn Brown: Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham. →ISBN page 101:
      He never called me "Carolyn" until long after I'd stopped studying with him. It was always "Caroline", as in his Jardin aux Lilas. When at Juilliard he first learned my name, he snorted "How affected!" I was surprised. "Carolyn" affected? "Caroline" not? I'd always thought it was the other way around.

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