Cullen

Cul·len
C3U1L1L1E1N1
US, UK/ˈkʌlən/

proper noun

A village and former royal burgh in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5167).

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounCullen (countable and uncountable, plural Cullens)

plural Cullens

  1. countableuncountableA village and former royal burgh in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5167).
  2. countableuncountableA village in north-west County Cork, Ireland.
  3. countableuncountableA village in western County Tipperary, Ireland.
  4. countableuncountableA former hamlet in Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Union County, Kentucky.
    2. countableuncountableA town in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Herkimer County, New York.
  6. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia
  7. countableuncountableA surname from Irish.
    1 more example

    Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor who starred as the heroic Optimus Prime in a convoy of Transformers films, TV shows and video games and as the gloomy Eeyore in dozens of Winnie the Pooh projects, has died. He was 85. […] The Montreal-born Cullen also voiced King Kong for the 1976 remake and the evil K.A.R.R. (short for Knight Automated Roving Robot) on Knight Rider series in 1982 and 2009, and he came up with the scary clicking sounds that emerged from the mouth of the monster in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring Predator (1987).

    2026 August 27, Etan Vlessing, “Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in ‘Transformers,’ Dies at 85”, in The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2026
  8. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaeliccuilinn
  2. EnglishCullen

From Scottish Gaelic cuilinn.

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Cite this entry
APA

Cullen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cullen

MLA

“Cullen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cullen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cullen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cullen.

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