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arnold

Phoneticsarnold

/ˈɑɹnəɫd/

Definitions

01a person's name

A1

n. a common first name for a man or a family name.

n. A male given name of Germanic origin, or a surname derived from the same root.

“Arnold Schwarzenegger is a very famous actor and politician.”

“The professor introduced himself as Dr. Arnold, though most of his long-term colleagues simply addressed him by his first name.”

02a place name

B2

n. the name of several towns and areas in countries like the UK and the US.

n. A toponym referring to various settlements, including a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, and several municipalities in the United States.

“They decided to stop for lunch in the town of Arnold while driving through England.”

“The local council in Arnold recently approved a new development project aimed at revitalising the historic market square.”

Etymology

From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic arô (“eagle”) + waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-. Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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