Sandra
//ˈsandɹə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name.
""Sandra, that's no name for anybody; that was a name for movie stars around 1948. Nobody's used it since. But the fact is, her name really is Sandra. - - - In the mills towns like Torrington and Bristol, the Italians might very well call a girl Sandra for real. Straight. It's just short for Alessandra. Alexandra. So she has numerous choices - she can be Sandy, a clean-cut WASP, or she can be Renaissance Alessandra, or movie-star Sandra, or old-fashioned Edwardian Alexandra, all on the one name.""
Example
More examples"Sandra eats all Japanese food except natto."
Etymology
A short form of Alexandra and, less often, of Cassandra.
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