Meaning

noun United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)

noun a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)

noun an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

originFrom Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz. Akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at…

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