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Whitney

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈwɪtni//
  • //ˈʍɪtni//

A habitational surname from Middle English.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A habitational surname from Middle English.

  2. 2

    A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s due to the fame of Whitney Houston.

    "I don't believe I've ever known a woman named 'Whitney'," I said, trying not to look too deeply into her bright blue eyes. "Or, hell, even a man for that matter." "You've never heard of Whitney Houston?" "Who's that?" I said, realizing that I had never gotten really serious about a woman with blue eyes.

    “His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test.

  3. 3

    A male given name from surname.

  4. 4

    A community in South Algonquin municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho.

  6. 6

    A number of places in the United States: An unorganized territory in Penobscot County, Maine.

  7. 7

    A number of places in the United States: A township in Arenac County, Michigan.

  8. 8

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Harris Township, Menominee County, Michigan.

  9. 9

    A number of places in the United States: A village in Dawes County, Nebraska.

  10. 10

    A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.

  11. 11

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.

  12. 12

    A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

  13. 13

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Hill County, Texas.

  14. 14

    A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Skagit County, Washington.

  15. 15

    A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.

Etymology

From Old English hwītan, dative of hwīt (“white”) + īeġ (“island”), "white island".

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