Rosalind

//ˈɹɑzəlɪnd// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from the Germanic languages.

    "Jaques. Rosalind is your love's name? Orlando. Yes, just. Jaques. I do not like her name. Orlando. There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened."

  2. 2
    A moon of Uranus.

Example

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"Pablo and Rosalind were surprised by the profundity of the child's simple question."

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *linþaz (“soft; weak, tender”), associated by medieval folk etymology with Latin rosa linda "lovely rose".

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