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mavournin

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ma⋅vour⋅neen

  [muh-voor-neen, -vawr-, -vohr-]
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–noun Irish English.
darling; dear.
Also, ma⋅vour⋅nin.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Ir mo mhuirnín my darling
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ma·vour·neen also ma·vour·nin   (mə-vŏŏr'nēn')   
n.   Irish
My darling.

[Irish Gaelic mo mhuirnín : mo, my (from Old Irish; see me-1 in Indo-European roots) + muirnín, darling, diminutive of muirn, delight (from Old Irish, tumult, revels).]
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