Meaning and background
The story behind Sister
Sister is the standard English kinship term for a female sibling, and it can also be used for wider relationships in religious or social communities. As a dog name it may express closeness or a family role, but the catalogue cannot know an individual animal’s household circumstances. Its meaning is unambiguous in ordinary English, while the owner’s specific motivation is not.
- Meaning
- A female sibling; also used for certain social or religious relationships. Source
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About Sister
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sister appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/sɪstɚ/
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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/sɪstɚ/ · primary stress on syllable 1S IH1 S T ER0
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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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