Annabel
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Etymology
Originally a mishearing or misreading of Amabilis "lovable" (=Mabel), used since the twelfth century and by folk etymology interpreted as Anna+ belle "beautiful Anna".
Quotations
- 1849 Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee :
- I was a child and she was a child, / In this kingdom by the sea: / But we loved with a love that was more than love — / I and my Annabel Lee;