"Mish" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Mishes [plural]
Etymology: * Shortened from Michael (Male). * Shortened from Michel (Male). * Shortened from Michelle (Female). These names originally a variant of Hebrew: מי כאל (Michael). In Hebrew pronounce as (Miha'el), and short version is מי כ (Miha). But in other countries, due to dialect, the short version began to be pronounced as (Misha), and so a shorter version appeared as (Mish). Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Mishes}} Mish (plural Mishes)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Mish-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A diminutive/nickname form of the given name Michael, Michel or Michelle.
    Sense id: en-Mish-en-name-3GtQBvMl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79

Inflected forms

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