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Archie

/ˈɑːt͡ʃi/ · name

Meaning

  1. A female given name.
  2. An Acorn Archimedes computer.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.
  4. Anti-aircraft artillery.
  5. A ghost town in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
  6. A city in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
  7. A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.
  8. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Ellice-Archie.

Etymology / origin

Clipping of Archibald + -ie. The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969).

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