heidi

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Definition of heidi in English English dictionary

A female given name

Heidi? Kurtz echoed. Heidi? That's a damned odd name for an English elder sister, isn't it? Not for Heidi, it isn't, she replied buoyantly, and scored an immediate laugh from the kids beyond the lighting. Heidi because her parents went to Switzerland for their honeymoon, she explained; and Switzerland was where Heidi was conceived. Among the edelweiss, she added, with a sigh.

{i} main character of a children's book by that name; female first name

a little girl who is the main character in the children's book Heidi by the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901). She makes the lives of people around her much happier and better

given name, female

¾ An immediate mode C++ 3D graphics library derived from HOOPS Heidi is configurable with stackable renderers (Patent Pending)

A student (and bully) at Sunnydale High School, Heidi hung out with three other vicious students, all of whom became possessed by wild hyenas while on a school trip to the zoo They eventually took on the characteristics of the hyenas, leading them to devour a live pig and Pricipal Flutie Heidi appeared in "The Pack "

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Related Terms

The Bitch Heidi

nasty character played by comedienne Joan Rivers in a comedy routine

Turkish pronunciation

haydi

Pronunciation

/ˈhīdē/ /ˈhaɪdiː/

Etymology

() From Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice. The name became internationally popular due to the children's book Heidi (1880).