Cornelia
//kɔɹˈniliə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Latin in quiet use since the 18th century.
"Ah! boy ; Cornelia never with more care / Read to her sons, than she hath read to thee / Sweet poetry and Tully's Orator."
Example
More examples"Ah! boy ; Cornelia never with more care / Read to her sons, than she hath read to thee / Sweet poetry and Tully's Orator."
Etymology
From Latin Cornēlia, name of a famous Roman matron, feminine form of the gens name Cornelius; in continental Europe, also a feminine form of the saint's name Cornelius.
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