Phua

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua, commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive."

Etymology

From Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ) or Teochew 潘 (puan1).

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