"Kat" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
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          "word": "Kadena"
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          "ref": "1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.",
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          "ref": "2025 October 29, Ryan J. Reilly and Natasha Korecki, “DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests”, in NBC News:",
          "text": "A special federal grand jury has indicted Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh alongside other protesters who allegedly blocked vehicles outside of a federal immigration facility in Broadview, Illinois.",
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        "A diminutive of the female given names Katharine and Katherine."
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          "Katharine",
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          "Katherine",
          "Katherine#English"
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      "related": [
        {
          "english": "Catherine",
          "translation": "Catherine",
          "word": "List at"
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      "rhymes": "-æt"
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  "word": "Kat"
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      "english": "Catherine",
      "translation": "Catherine",
      "word": "List at"
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          "text": "During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.",
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          "Katharine",
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  "word": "Kat"
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