Kyle

Definitions

1. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
   countable
2. A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
   Scotland
3. A unisex given name.
   countable, uncountable
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   countable, uncountable
5. A female given name transferred from the surname.
   countable, uncommon, uncountable
6. A placename
   countable, uncountable
7. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
8. A census-designated place in South Dakota, United States.
   countable, uncountable
9. A city in Texas, United States.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.””

“[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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