HOW TO PRONOUNCE
agnes
/ˈæɡnɪs/
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What does agnes mean?
proper noun
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæɡnɪs/
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Her quaint gossip about herself and her occupations while Agnes had been away, acted as a relief to her mistress’s overburdened mind.
Isabella and Marion, the two daughters of Agnes, resided with their mother, and gave her what aid they could in her business.
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My aunt concluded this philosophical summary, by fixing her eyes with a kind of triumph on Agnes, whose colour was gradually returning.
Jeremiah went every Sunday afternoon by himself to kneel in the presence of the majority, there where they lay in Saint Agnes' consecrated ground.
Just at this time a wealthy eastern girl, Agnes W., was missing from her home, and the police everywhere were on the lookout for her.