keene

comparative more keene · superlative most keene

1. obsoleteObsolete form of keen.

   Ophe[lia] You are keene my Lord, you are keene. / Ham[let] It would coſt you a groaning, to take off my edge.

   c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, act III, scene ii, page 268, column 2

1. An English surname from Old English, a variant of Keen.
2. A surname from Irish, a variant of Keane.
3. A community in Otonabee-South Monaghan township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Kern County, California; named for financier James P. Keene.
   2. A township in Adams County, Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
   4. A minor city in Jessamine County, Kentucky; named for the city in New Hampshire.
   5. A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
   6. A township in Clay County, Minnesota.
   7. An unincorporated community in Kearney County, Nebraska.
   8. A city, the county seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire; named for British diplomat Benjamin Keene.
   9. A town in Essex County, New York; named for the city in New Hampshire.
   10. An unincorporated community in McKenzie County, North Dakota.
   11. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Coshocton County, Ohio; named for the city in New Hampshire.
   12. A city in Johnson County, Texas.
   13. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
   14. An unincorporated community in the town of Buena Vista, Portage County, Wisconsin; named for early settlers Valentine and Kate Keene.