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abbreviation
- versus
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proper noun - (given name, male, from Latin, ) Short form of the male given name Valentine
- (given name, female, ) Short form of the female given name Valerie.
| | Valencia |
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proper noun (wikipedia, Valencia (autonomous community))
Community of Valencia
- A country of SW Europe, located in the Eastern Iberia, Iberian Peninsula. Today an autonomous community of Spain. Official name: Valencian Community (Comunitat Valenciana, Comunidad Valenciana). Area: 23,255 sq. km. Population (2004): 4,692,449. Historically, a kingdom also including the town of Caudete.
- City and capital of the Community of Valencia (Spain).
- City in northern Venezuela.
| | Valentine |
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proper noun
- An English and Scottish surname derived from the medieval given name Valentinus
- (given name, male, from Latin, )
- w:Saint Valentine, Saint Valentine
| | Valerie |
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proper noun - (given name, female, ), borrowed from the form of Valeria.
- Cos since i've come home, well my body's been a mess
- And i've missed your ginger hair and the way you dress
- Won't you come on over stop making a fool out of me
- Why won't you come on over Valerie? Valerie? Valerie? Valerie?... - w:Zutons, Zutons - http://www.lyricsbox.com/zutons-the-lyrics-valerie-fcrxzdp.html Valerie
| | Van |
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proper noun
- a male given name, diminutive of Vance or Ivan
| | Vance |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
| | Vanessa |
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proper noun
- A female given name.
| | Vaughn |
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proper noun
- a male or female given name, variant of Vaughan
- a city in Montana, New Mexico, and Washington
| | Venetia |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) of debated meaning used since the late Middle Ages.
| | Vera |
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proper noun
- (given name, female).
- A Spanish surname.
| | Vernon |
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proper noun
- A surname.
- (given name, male) , transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
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noun
- The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
- 1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta:
- :A veil that had wiped off the sweat of Christ? Who could possibly believe that? (") The only true Veronica of this century was the veronica of the matador " the classic slow swing of the cape before the bull"s face, imitating that holy wiping, mocking it.
- A devotional image of Jesus's face.
- 1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:
- :He wiped the lady"s martini glass, having had some trouble with a kind of of lipstick, spat in it viciously, then washed it again.
- (context, bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- :The cougher makes a lunge. Slothrop sweeps aside, gives him a quick with his cape, sticks his foot out and trips the kid, who lies on the ground cursing
- (botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 871:
- :meadows full of wildflowers that seemed to Kit enormous, violets as big as your hand, yellow lilies and blue you could shelter from the rain under
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proper noun
- the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hestia
| | Vicky |
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proper noun
- A female given name, shortened form of Victoria
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initialism
- Vehicle Identification Number
| | Vince |
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proper noun
- Short form of the male given name Vincent.
| | Vincent |
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proper noun
- (given name, male).
| | Viola |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), from Latin "violet"
| | Violet |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) from the English noun violet
| | Virgil |
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proper noun
- Pūblius Vergilius Mar� (70-19 B.C.), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.
- (context, mostly, US) (given name, male).
| | Virginia |
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proper noun (wikipedia, Virginia, Virginia (US State))
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Richmond.
- (given name, female, from Latin, ) .
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noun (vitae)
- a curriculum vitae
| | Vivian |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
- (given name, female)
| | Vladimir |
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proper noun
- a male given name of Slavic derivation; short forms: Vlad.
- a city in Russia (see the w:Vladimir, Wikipedia article)
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