Eugenie
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (variously) /juːˈdʒiːni/, /juːˈʒiːni/, /juːˈʒeɪni/
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Proper noun
Eugenie
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Eugenia via French Eugénie.
- 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:
- The name agreed upon the child was Eugenie Victoria, but that afternoon Melanie unwittingly bestowed a name that clung, even as "Pittypat" had blotted out all memory of Sarah Jane. — And Bonnie she became until even her parents did not recall that she had been named for two queens.
Derived terms
- Genie (diminutive)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔɪ̯ˈɡeːni̯ə/
- Hyphenation: Eu‧ge‧nie
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