Meaning and background
The story behind Pink
Pink is the familiar English colour word for a light shade of red. Dictionaries also record pink as the name of a flower in the Dianthus group, so the colour word has a botanical association as well as its everyday use. For a dog, Pink is a direct colour-inspired name. No coat shade, breed or temperament follows from the name itself.
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About Pink
Recorded as a dog’s name
Pink appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pɪŋk/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/pɪŋk/ · primary stress on syllable 1P IH1 NG K
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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