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Added 9 October 2026

garland

/ˈɡɑː.lənd/ noun

In Latin: serta Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about garland at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

United States singer and film actress (1922-1969).
A city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas).
An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

verb

Adorn with bands of flowers or leaves.
They garlanded the statue

Origin

From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz. Akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.

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