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Minnaloushe appears to be a misspelling/anglicisation of the French 'Minoulouche'. (Yeats also misspelled it as Minoulooshe in Per Amica Silentia Lunae, which he dedicated to the cat's owner, Iseult Gonne. Iseult was French, and she always spelled her cat's name as 'Minoulouche'.)

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'Minou' means kitty in French, and is a generic pet name for any cat. 'Louche' means cross-eyed or squinty, which is appropriate for both a Persian and a moon-gazing cat.