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cecilia

/sɪˈsiljə/

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What does cecilia mean?

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin.

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IPA pronunciation

/sɪˈsiljə/

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We frequently fell in with an old Indian woman, named Cecilia, who had a small clearing in the woods.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
“I should have said, my dear Rowland,” said Cecilia, with a laugh, “that your nerves were tough, that your eggs were hard!”
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
More book examples (2)
But, I managed, almost every day, at one time or other, to get back to the Coliseum, and out upon the open Campagna, beyond the Tomb of Cecilia Metella.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
“It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda”; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.
Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyProject Gutenberg ebook #121