Priscilla
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɹɪˈsɪlə/
- A female given name of biblical origin.
- 1858 Henry Wadswoth Longfellow: The Courtship of Miles Standish:
- Letters written by Alden, and full of the name of Priscilla, / Full of the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla!
- 2003 Minette Walters: Disordered Minds: Macmillan. ISBN 1741142121 p.354:
- 'Priscilla,' she said, --- 'The same name I've had for twenty years!' She smiled cynically. 'And, before you ask why, I was stoned when I chose it, so any thoughts of Cill were in my subconscious. I used to think it was classier than Louise or Daisy... probably because the Trevelyans were such snobs.'
- 1858 Henry Wadswoth Longfellow: The Courtship of Miles Standish:
- An early Christian, mentioned in the Bible and also known as Prisca.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Acts 18:2 ↗::
- And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
- French: Priscille
- German: Priszilla
- Portuguese: Priscila
- Russian: Приски́лла
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