Etymology

killeen

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Today it means: An ancient Irish burial ground. Full definition →

Irish Ó Cillín
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Cillín
  2. English todayKilleen

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cillín.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.