how to pronounce marilyn

/ˈmɛɹələn/

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marilyn is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of marilyn in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and Marilyn shop we've kind of got the …”

meanings of marilyn

name:

A female given name originating as a coinage.

noun:

A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres.

marilyn frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word marilyn occurs in english on average 6.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.