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kyle

[kahyl]

kyle

[kahyl]
noun Scot.
a narrow channel of water between two islands or between an island and the mainland; a strait or sound.

Origin:
1540–50; < Scots Gaelic caoil (genitive of caol) strait, sound (noun use of caol narrow)

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Kyle

[kahyl]
noun
a male or female given name.
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kyle (kaɪl)
 
n
(Scot) (esp in place names) a narrow strait or channel: Kyle of Lochalsh
 
[C16: from Gaelic caol, from caol narrow]

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