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Evangeline

//ɪˌvænd͡ʒəˈliːn// name

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1
A female given name originating as a coinage.
"Half-way down the shore Evangeline waited in silence, Not overcome with grief, but strong in the hour of affliction."

Etymology

Invented by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow when he began research on his epic poem Evangeline about Acadian lovers deported from French-Canada. From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

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