Katrina

See also: Katrīna

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈtɹiːnə/
  • Audio (London)(file)

Proper noun

Katrina

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. A variant of Catherine.
  2. The 11th hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which caused catastrophic damage to Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Alabama.
  3. (US, metonymically) A large-scale disaster, especially one with negative political consequences.
    • 2020 March 8, Cillizza, Chris, “Is coronavirus Donald Trump’s Katrina?”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 9 March 2020:
      Is coronavirus Donald Trump’s Katrina?

Further reading

Faroese

Proper noun

Katrina f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Katrina: Katrinuson
  • daughter of Katrina: Katrinudóttir

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Katrina
Accusative Katrinu
Dative Katrinu
Genitive Katrinu

Finnish

Proper noun

Katrina

  1. essive singular of Katri

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

Contraction of Katarina.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka²triːna/

Proper noun

Katrina c (genitive Katrinas)

  1. a female given name

Anagrams
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