Coll

发音

/kɒl/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas; very rare today.

  2. 2.

    A surname originating as a patronymic.

  3. 3.

    An island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

词源

Uncertain. The island name, from Latin Colosus (704 AD), is often associated with an Old Irish *koll or Proto-Brythonic *koll, themselves both from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”). Derivation from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant figure”) has been called "naïve" by Coates (2006).

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