Philippa
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/
- A female given name.
- 1854 John Esten Cooke, The Youth of Jefferson, Redfield (1854), page 22:
- "You detest every thing insincere, I know, charming Philippa — pardon me, your beautiful name betrays me constantly. Is it not — like your voice — stolen from poetry or music?"
- 1963 Jane McIlvaine, Cammie's Cousin, Bobbs-Merrill, page 58:
- They had an expensive, well-cut air which was like a uniform, and their conversation was all about people with names like Terence and Geoffrey, Philippa and Vivien, who lived in London and County Wicklow and who were "terribly amusing".
- 1854 John Esten Cooke, The Youth of Jefferson, Redfield (1854), page 22:
- Portuguese: Filipa
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