Christina
//kɹɪsˈtiːnə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Ancient Greek.
"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."
Example
More examples""It's complicated," said Christina Simkanin, a biologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, "which isn't a super-satisfying answer if you want a direct, should we keep it or should we not? But it's the reality.""
Etymology
Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.
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