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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bə/
- (US) enPR: ăm'bər, IPA(key): /ˈæm.bɚ/
- Rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
- Homophone: amber
- Hyphenation: Am‧ber
Etymology 1[edit]
From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).
Proper noun[edit]
Amber
- A female given name from English, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
- 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
- The youngest daughter of the Marchioness of Summerdown had one of these quaint, pretty names - Amber! - and what a pretty creature she was!
- 1944, Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber, Chicago Review Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 14:
- And then she said softly, "Sarah - I think I'll name her Amber - for the colour of her father's eyes - "
- 2005, Ali Smith, The Accidental, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN, page 64:
- A bit raddled, maybe thirty, maybe older, tanned like a hitchhiker, dressed like a road protester, one of those older women still determinedly being a girl; all those eighties feministy still-political women were terribly interested in what Eve did. Hippie name. Amber. Ridiculous name.
- 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
- A surname of uncertain origin.
- 1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 14:
- Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards, and when he secured he passed the ball on to Aspinall.
Translations[edit]
female given name
Etymology 2[edit]
From a form of the Hindi आसमान (āsmān, “the heavens”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Amber
- A female given name from Hindi
- A city in Rajasthan, India, also known as Amer.
Etymology 3[edit]
From a pre-Celtic word.
Proper noun[edit]
Amber
- A river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Derwent at Ambergate.
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Amber, from amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “amber”).
Proper noun[edit]
Amber
- a female given name from English
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Amber f
- a female given name, Amber
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Amber, from amber, from Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /ambar/, “ambergris”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Amber (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔)
- a female given name from English
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