vanessa

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see also: Vanessa

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Noun

vanessa (plural vanessas)

1. (zoology) Any butterfly of the genus Vanessa.

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Vanessa

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /vəˈnɛsə/

Proper noun

1. A female given name.
   • 1726 Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa:

     Vanessa be the Name / By which thou shalt be known to Fame. / Vanessa, by the Gods enroll'd: / Her Name on Earth - shall not be told.

   • 1978 Maeve Binchy, Victoria Line, Central Line, Arrow 1993, ISBN 0099218216, page 178, 179:

     A kind of girl that May had before only seen in the pages of fashion magazines, bored, disdainful, elegant, reluctantly admitted her. - - - She was asked to see Vanessa on the way out. She knew that the girl would be called something like Vanessa.

Translations

• French: Vanessa
• German: Vanessa
• Italian: Vanessa
• Portuguese: Vanessa
• Russian: Ване́сса
• Spanish: Vanesa

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