kyle
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/kaɪl/
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/kaɪl/ · /ˈkaɪ.əl/
Definition of kyle
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- (countable)A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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name
- (countable)A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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(countable, uncountable)A unisex given name.
“Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me. Guys with names like Dale, Brock, Kevin, Kyle. Guys with names nothing like Wally.”
“The Auschwitz Memorial Museum slammed Kyle Langford, Republican candidate for Governor of California, after his antisemitic remarks, calling out his actions as a “profound moral failure.””
- (countable, uncommon, uncountable)A unisex given name.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
noun
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(Scotland)A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
“[T]hough remote / From the main ocean many a mile / Inflooded past cape, creek, and kyle, / The sea-loch flanked by precipice walls, / With ever-lessening murmur crawls, / Till 'neath the Pass he lies subdued / By the o'er-aweing solitude; […]”
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Etymology
From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”).
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