katherine
/ˈkæθ(ə)ɹɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A female given name from Ancient Greek, a popular spelling variant of Catherine.
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A town and local government area (the Town of Katherine) in the Northern Territory, Australia.
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The Katherine Region (a region of the Northern Territory, Australia).
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A river in the Northern Territory, which gave its name to the town.
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An electoral division in the Northern Territory, Australia.
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A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
Example Sentences
- "SAVAGE (HENRY) - - - His aim was to appear great in little things, and the gravity with which he discusses the origin, derivation, &c of the name Katherine, whether it should be spelt with a K or a C, at which time the letter k was introduced, and the double l in Balliol, is truly wonderful. - - - By his wife, Lady Mary Sandys, he left issue Henry, Edwin, John, Katherine, and Thomas"
- "During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail."
- "The county’s top prosecutor, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, accused Artiles at a news conference on Thursday afternoon of paying an old friend almost $45,000 to mount a fake candidacy intended to illegally sway the election."
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