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Katrina

UK/kəˈtɹiː.nə/US/kəˈtɹi.nə/

proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine; variant form Katrine.

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Meanings

proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine; variant form Katrine.
The 11th tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which caused catastrophic damage to Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Alabama.
“It’s disaster capitalism,” the Aleph said. “All the profiteering that went down post-Katrina. It was in 2005. You’re probably too young to remember that hurricane.”
2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 250
USmetonymicallyA large-scale disaster, especially one with negative political consequences.
Is coronavirus Donald Trump’s Katrina?
2020 March 8, Chris Cillizza, “Is coronavirus Donald Trump’s Katrina?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2020

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Katrina

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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