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christina | anne |

As a proper noun christina

is .

As a noun anne is

year.

christina

English

Alternative forms

* Kristina

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
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  • * 1811 Mary Mitford: Christina, the Maid of the South Seas . A.J.Valpy, London 1811. page 26:
    • For never yet that maiden's woes
    To check our social pleasure rose,
    Her joy she shares, her grief's her own,
    CHRISTINA CHRISTIAN weeps alone.
  • * 1900 Elisabeth Luther Cary: ''The Rossettis:Dante Gabriel and Christina. Putnam's Sons 1900. page 230:
    • Her name "Christina " was derived from one of the Bonaparte family, Lady Dudley Stuart
  • * 2006 Richard Paul Evans: Finding Noel: A Novel . Simon&Schuster 2006. ISBN 0743287037 page 168:
    • She was born on Christmas Day. I wanted to name her Holly. But with the last name of Wood, your mama wouldn't go for that. So we named her Christina .

    Related terms

    * (variants) Christian, Christiana, Christine, Kirsten, Kirsty, Kristen, Kristin, Kristine * (diminutives) Chris, Chrissie, Chrissy, Christie, Christy, Kristi, Kristie, Kristy, Tina

    Anagrams

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    anne

    English

    Etymology 1

    The French spelling of (Ann), used interchangeably since the Middle Ages. From Vulgate (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , from the (etyl) female name {{m, he, ???, ??????, tr=Hannah), meaning 'grace; gracious'. Compare with (John).

    Proper noun

    (Annes)
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  • * 1380s-1390s , :
    • Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne , /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne,
  • * 1860 Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood): East Lynne . Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0192804626 page 29:
    • "What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne ; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!"
    "I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"
  • * 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of the Green Gables
    • "But if you call me Anne' please call me ' Anne spelled with an e."
    "What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.
    "Oh, it makes such'' a difference. It ''looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can, and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished."
    Usage notes
    * The popularity of the name originates in the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.

    Etymology 2

    A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn'' (''eagle ), such as Arnold.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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