Antony
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See also: antony
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Antony
- A male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- Demetrius. Is Caesar with Antonius priz'd so slight?
Philo. Sir, sometimes, when he's not Antony,
He comes too short of that great property
Which still should go with Antony.
- A civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4054).
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male given name — see Anthony
parish in Cornwall
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village in Cornwall
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