"Maureen" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /mɔːˈɹiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary. By surface analysis, Maura + -een. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|Máirín}} Irish Máirín, {{m|ga|Máire}} Máire, {{m|en|Mary}} Mary, {{surf|en|Maura|-een}} By surface analysis, Maura + -een Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Maureen
  1. A female given name from Irish. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Maureen-en-name-wQzvhW3f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -een

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          "ref": "2000, Maureen Lipman, Lip Reading, Franz Steiner Verlag, page 12",
          "text": "I am Maureen because Uncle Louis liked the film star Maureen O'Hara. Fine. The fact that a small sallow baby born in Hull was unlikely to grow up into a flame-haired temptress with flashing green eyes and the cleavage the size of Galway was neither here or there. Maureen I became. Or Marine on the other side of the Atlantic. Also no-one in our house could foresee that since my father's name was Maurice I would be constantly called, with mounting frustration, 'Mauri-Morry-Maureen!'",
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