edna

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɛdnə/

Definition of edna

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    “Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die.”
    “'Edna', forsooth! No doubt her origin and morals are quite as apocryphal as her name.”
    “Conjure faces to go with these names: Edna and Joy. Then I'll tell you that Edna, who has a wicked serve, is our team beauty, and Joy is as plain and dour as they come.”
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name

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    “Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die.”
    “'Edna', forsooth! No doubt her origin and morals are quite as apocryphal as her name.”
    “Conjure faces to go with these names: Edna and Joy. Then I'll tell you that Edna, who has a wicked serve, is our team beauty, and Joy is as plain and dour as they come.”
  2. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of environmental DNA.

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Etymology

From Hebrew עֶדְנָה (“pleasure; delight”); a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit. In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an anglicization of Eithne.

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