name
Katrina
kuh-TREE-nuh
name
1
A female given name, a variant of Catherine.
"Katrina works as a paramedic in Chicago."
2
Hurricane Katrina, the devastating 2005 storm that struck Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
"The levee failures during Katrina flooded most of New Orleans."
noun
1
By extension, any disaster of huge scale with lasting political fallout.
"Critics warned the policy failure could become the administration's Katrina."
How to Use Katrina
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBoth a common woman's name and, because of Hurricane Katrina, a byword for a catastrophic disaster with political consequences.
Common pairings
Hurricane Katrina
another Katrina
a Katrina-level disaster
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