Gabrielle

//ɡæbɹiːˈɛl// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from French.

    "Her granddaughter, Gabrielle Kamentz, remembered her grandmother for all she taught her. “My grandmother taught me everything I needed to know in life… so happy and proud to be following in her footsteps as a nurse,” Kamentz said in a Facebook post."

  2. 2
    a nickname for Dysnomia (the moon of the dwarf planet Eris, itself nicknamed Xena)

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136199 eris i136199 eris i dysnomia2005 (2003 ub313) 1dysnomiaeris ieris i dysnomia

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"Gabrielle, a striking 6'1" woman, was tired of enterprising young men asking her how the weather was up there."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Gabrielle, feminine form of Gabriel (see there for more).

Etymology 2

The main supporting character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001) was the inspiration for the dwarf planet's moon's nickname, due to the dwarf planet itself being nicknamed Xena.

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