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Women has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

plural of woman

"The teacher marked my essay down for repeatedly misspelling "woman" as "women.""

2

Misspelling of woman.

In plain English: Women are adult females who have reached maturity and typically have the ability to bear children.

"The women in the choir gathered together to practice their harmonies."

Proper Noun
1

The fourth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

"The chapter known as Surah Al-Nisa is often referred to simply as "the women.""

Example Sentences
"The women in the choir gathered together to practice their harmonies." noun
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Origin

The word "women" comes from Old English, where it was a compound of "wīf" meaning female and "menn" meaning people. Although its original components literally translated to "female persons," the term traveled into English as the plural form of "woman."

Rhyming Words
men amen omen x men vimen tumen yamen comen semen armen somen elmen hymen damen limen simen yemen ramen nomen rumen
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