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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
- given name|female||
#* 1923 CE: Israel Zangwill, The Grey Wig
#*: "I love his letters," gushed Amber, bafflingly. "He writes such cute things."
- 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
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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
- given name|female||
- 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
- given name|female||nl: #English|Amber
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