Etymology

Marilyn

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Today it means: A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres. Full definition →

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Marilyn · proper noun1

A twentieth-century blend of Mary and Lynn.

Marilyn · noun2

Named after Marilyn Monroe, as a pun on Munro (“any Scottish mountain taller than 3,000 feet”).

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