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Celia vs Cecilia - What's the difference?

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Cecilia is a related term of celia.



As proper nouns the difference between celia and cecilia

is that celia is {{given name|female|from=Latin}} while Cecilia is {{given name|female|from=Latin|}}.

celia

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * : Act I: Scene III:
  • Rosalind : - - - But what will you be called?
    Celia : Something that hath a reference to my state:
  • *:: No longer Celia , but Aliena.
  • Anagrams

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    cecilia

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1694 (Joseph Addison), A Song for St. Cecilia's Day :
  • Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise / At bright Cecilia' s name, their lays!
  • * 1854 (Charles Dickens), :
  • ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia'.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell him he mustn’t. ' Cecilia Jupe. Let me see. What is your father?’
  • * 1928 Lynn Montross, Silent Minstrel , in (American Magazine), Vol. 106, page 14:
  • Because they had named her Cecilia , her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.