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Philippa

English edit

Etymology edit

A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun edit

Philippa

  1. 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".

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Philippa f

  1. a female given name

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Feminine form of Philippus from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos, literally “Lover of Horses”).

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Proper noun edit

Philippa f sg (genitive Philippae); first declension

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Philippus, equivalent to English Philippa or Pippa
  2. A fictitious Greek female character in the play Epidicus of Plautus, famed Roman playwright of the Old Latin period

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Philippa
Genitive Philippae
Dative Philippae
Accusative Philippam
Ablative Philippā
Vocative Philippa

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Further reading edit

  • Philippa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Philippa f

  1. Alternative spelling of Filipa
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