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Meaning of Cary | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. A surname, a less common spelling of Carey.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surnames.
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A village in Algonquin Township, McHenry County and Cuba Township, Lake County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Putnam County, Indiana.
  7. A ghost town in Harrison Township, Miami County, Indiana.
  8. An unorganised township in Aroostook County, Maine.
  9. A town in Sharkey County, Mississippi.
  10. A town in Wake County, Chatham County and Durham County, North Carolina.
  11. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
  12. A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.

Examples

“"You'll laugh when I tell you my name. All I can say is, nobody consulted me." "Why, what's your name?" Laughing now as he stepped past her into the hall. "Cary," he told her. "After the actor. Only I've never managed to be quite so suave."”
“"My sister gave it me,—my only sister, Cary. Would that your aunt Caroline had lived to see her niece!"”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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