Kate

Kate is a feminine given name. It is sometimes a short form of Katherine, which is Greek meaning pure, blessed, virginal and popularity. It may refer to:

People with the given name Kate:

• Kate (given name)

In meteorology:

• Hurricane Kate (1985), which hit the US
• Typhoon Kate (1970), a super typhoon that struck the Philippines

Ships

• CSS Kate was a 165' wooden hulled sidewheel steamer of 477 tons used by the Confederacy as a blockade runner that made 20 successful runs through the Union blockade during the American Civil War.

Other:

• Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• "Kate" a young adult novel by Valerie Sherrard
• Kate (song), a song by Ben Folds Five
• Nakajima B5N, a Japanese torpedo bomber, Allied reporting name "Kate"
• Kate (text editor), a text editor for KDE
• KATE, a radio station in Minnesota, USA
• "Kate" is rhyming slang for Army (it rhymes with Kate Carney)
• An alternative title of Crabbit Old Woman, a poem attributed to Phyllis McCormack
• The Kâte language, a Papuan language