Magdalene

Etymology
From, byname of the biblical , "Mary of Magdala", from , the name of a village on Lake Galilee (the name of which derives from ). Generic use comes from the traditional association of Mary Magdalene with the "woman which was a sinner" mentioned in Luke 7:37. .

Pronunciation

 * (certain placenames in Oxford and Cambridge, varieties of fruit)
 * (certain placenames in Oxford and Cambridge, varieties of fruit)

Proper noun

 * 1) Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.
 * 1) Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.

Translations

 * Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐔳𐔴𐔾𐔰𐕒𐕡𐕎
 * Belarusian: Магдале́на
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Magdalene
 * Estonian: Madli
 * Faroese: Magdalena
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: Mattaliit
 * Hungarian:
 * Inuktitut: ᒫᒡᑕᓕᓐ
 * Irish: Madailéin
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: Magdalena
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Magdalena, Mădălina
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) A reformed prostitute.
 * 2) * 1906 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property: Interlude:
 * "Trying to help women who've come to grief." Old Jolyon didn't quite understand. "To grief?" he repeated; then realised with a shock that she meant exactly what he would have meant himself if he had used that expression. Assisting the Magdalenes of London!

Proper noun

 * 1)  of biblical origin