Emmy
[ˈɛmi]Meaning
diminutive of Emma or Emily
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Emmy is a diminutive of Emma or Emily. It is used in a range of languages including Ancient Roman, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Frisian, Georgian, Germanic and Greek. The Emmy Awards take their name from immy, an informal term for the image orthicon tube used in early television cameras.
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