Evelyn

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专有名词
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    — Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! / Sit and watch by her side an hour.
  2. A surname originating as a matronymic.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    — Evelyn Waugh
  4. A place name:; A rural locality in Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.
  5. A place name:; A community in Middlesex Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A place name:; A locality in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan, United States.
  7. A place name:; An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas, United States.
  8. A place name:; A former unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States.

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From Middle English forms of the Old French female name Aveline, diminutive of the Germanic root *avi-, of uncertain meaning, possibly “desired, wished for“ (compare Latin avēre, "to wish for") or aval “strength”. By folk etymology also misunderstood as a diminutive of the feminine given name Eve, q.v. Doublet of Eileen. Also compare Ava.
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