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madeline

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Mad⋅e⋅leine

[mad-l-in, -lahyn; Fr. maduh-len]
–noun
a female given name, form of Magdalen.
Also, Mad⋅e⋅laine, Mad⋅e⋅lene [mad-l-in] , Mad⋅e⋅line, Mad⋅e⋅lyn.

Madeline 
fem. proper name, from Fr. Magdalene (q.v.). The type of small, rich cake (which loomed large in the life of Proust) is so called from name of Madeleine Paulmier, 19c. Fr. pastry cook.
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