HOW TO PRONOUNCE
vivian
/ˈvɪviən/
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What does vivian mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Latin.
- A female given name from Latin.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɪviən/
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He got on very easily, however, with Angela Vivian, and felt none of the mysterious discomfort alluded to by his friend.
He adds that "others remembered Murdock, one who was an apprentice with him, and lived with him for some time--a Mr. Vivian, of the foundry at Luckingmill."
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Quiot retreats before Vivian, Kellermann before Vandeleur, Lobau before Bülow, Morand before Pirch, Domon and Subervic before Prince William of Prussia; Guyot, who led the Emperor’s squadrons to the charge, falls beneath the feet of the English dragoons.
St. Clair mentions Marshal Vivian, who at the age of one hundred regained sight that for nearly forty years had gradually been failing almost to blindness, and preserved this new sight to the time of his death.
“Perhaps she was the daughter of the Lewis family of Llan Dyfnant,” said Pritchard; “that’s an old family and a rich one. Perhaps he came from a distance and saw and married a daughter of the Lewis of Dyfnant—more than one stranger has done so. Lord Vivian came from a distance and saw and married a daughter of the rich Lewis of Dyfnant.”