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English
Etymology
A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Philippa
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
1854, John Esten Cooke, The Youth of Jefferson, Redfield, published 1854, page 22:"You detest every thing insincere, I know, charming Philippa — pardon me, your beautiful name betrays me constantly. Is it not — like your voice — stolen from poetry or music?"
1963, Jane McIlvaine, Cammie's Cousin, Bobbs-Merrill, page 58:They had an expensive, well-cut air which was like a uniform, and their conversation was all about people with names like Terence and Geoffrey, Philippa and Vivien, who lived in London and County Wicklow and who were "terribly amusing".
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Philippa f
- a female given name
Latin
Etymology
Feminine form of Philippus from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos, literally “Lover of Horses”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Philippa f sg (genitive Philippae); first declension
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Philippus, equivalent to English Philippa or Pippa
- A fictitious Greek female character in the play Epidicus of Plautus, famed Roman playwright of the Old Latin period
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
Further reading
- Philippa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Philippa f
- Alternative spelling of Filipa