Chloe

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See also: Chloé and Chloë

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, young green shoot), an epithet of goddess Demeter.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkloʊ.i/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊi

Proper noun[edit]

Chloe

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek
    • :
      For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
    • 1731, Jonathan Swift, Strephon and Chloe:
      Of Chloe all the town has rung; / By ev'ry Size of Poets sung. / So beautiful a Nymph appears / But once in Twenty Thousand Years.
    • 1981, William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa, H.Hamilton, →ISBN, page 24:
      Before he had met this one, Morgan had assumed that people called Chloe were either the neurotic brilliant daughters of Oxbridge dons or else silly screaming debutantes.

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Chloe, from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, young green shoot).

Proper noun[edit]

Chloe

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chloe.