Complete Definition of "Amber"

see|amber|ämber
English

Etymology 1
From the name of the beautiful orange fossil resin amber; from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from the Arabic ع�بر (�anbar, meaning amber).

Alternative spellings
Ambre (French)

Pronunciation
(US) AHD|/�m'b�r/, IPA|/�æmb�r/
(RP) IPA|/�æmb�/
:Hyphenation: Am-ber
:Rhymes: (RP) Rhymes:English:-�æmb�|-�æmb�, (US) Rhymes:English:-�æmb�r|-�æmb�r
:Homophones: amber

Proper noun
Amber

  1. given name|female||

#* 1923 CE: Israel Zangwill, The Grey Wig
#*: "I love his letters," gushed Amber, bafflingly. "He writes such cute things."

  1. rare given name|male||

#* 1901 CE: Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud
#*: I soon saw that the school was not quite good enough for the others [...] Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards.

Related terms
amber

Translations
trans-top|female given name
Dutch: Amber
trans-mid
German: Amber
trans-bottom

trans-top|male given name
 
trans-mid
trans-bottom

References
BehindTheName

Etymology 2
From a form of the Hindi �समान (�sm�n, meaning the heavens).

Alternative spellings
Ambar

Pronunciation
(US) IPA|/�æmb�r/
(RP) IPA|/�æmb�/
:Hyphenation: Am-ber
:Rhymes: (RP) Rhymes:English:-�æmb�|-�æmb�, (US) Rhymes:English:-�æmb�r|-�æmb�r
:Homophones: amber

Proper noun
Amber

  1. given name|female||
  2. A ruined city in Rajasthan, India.

wikipedia|Amber, India

Related terms
�समान

Anagrams
Bar me.


Dutch

Pronunciation
/'amb�r/, /<tt>"amb@r</tt>/

Proper noun
Amber

  1. given name|female||nl: #English|Amber

Category:English proper nouns
Category:Female given names with multiple etymologies
Category:Female given names from Latin
Category:Cities

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