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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name from Latin.

   "O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence."

2. 2
   A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
3. 3
   An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.

Example

More examples

"Olivia doesn't appear very much."

Etymology

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Related phrases

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