Apple

From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.^[1]

• enPR: ăp'əl, IPA^(key): /ˈæp.əl/
• Rhymes: -æpəl
• Homophone: apple
• Hyphenation: Ap‧ple

Apple (countable and uncountable, plural Apples)

1. (with the) Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States; more commonly in the form the Big Apple.
2. (rare, countable) A female given name from English.
3. (countable) A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Apple is the 5,050^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,948 individuals. Apple is most common among White (89.45%) individuals.

Apple (plural Apples)

1. A computer produced by the company Apple Inc.
   • 1984, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 93:

     Arthur bought the Apple anyway. Over a few days he also acquired some astronomical software, plotted the movements of stars, drew rough little diagrams of how he seemed to remember the stars to have been […]

• pepla, appel, appel., Appel

From English apple.

Apple

1. a female given name
   • 2014 March 15, “SAC-SMC Awards, Mar. 26”, in SuperBalita Cebu‎^[1]:

     Lakip na niini ang beach volleyball national champions nga sila si Jusabelle Brillo, Apple Saraum, Jade Becaldo, Edward Ybanez ug Mike Abria hasta sila si Daniel Noval ug Pearl Angeline Abellar sa athletics.

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   • 2015 July 24, “‘Business inspector’ Gidakop”, in Banat News‎^[2]:

     Ang dinakpan naila nga si Niña Ramirez alyas Princess, hingkod nga temporaryo nga nagpuyo sa barangay Mabolo apan lumad nga taga Mindanao. Samtang ang reklamante mao sila si Apple Jane Taboada, 24, tag-iya sa NGK Bakeshop ug Gardson Misiona, 44, usa sa mga nagnegosyo sa mao’ng dapit.

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From English Apple.

Apple (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. product of the company Apple Inc., especially iPhone (Classifier: 部 c)