Meaning of Kyle | Babel Free

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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