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Kennedy

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. American president
  3. place name
  4. given name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɛnədi/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) + éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) + aideach (“ugly”). Compare Kenneth and Irish eitigh (“refuse, reject”).

  1. A surname from Irish.

    A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.

  2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  3. A unisex given name.
  4. A unisex given name.
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  15. A railway point and unincorporated place in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  16. A village in the Rural Municipality of Wawken No. 93, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  17. A neighbourhood (locality) in Bogotá, Colombia.
  18. A coastal locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.