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Philippa

[ fi-lip-uh ]

noun

  1. a female given name: derived from Philip.


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Example Sentences

She also read Philippa Gregory, A.S. Byatt, Peter Carey, and Peter Ackroyd.

What are the Royals going to do about Miss Philippa Middleton?

Flanders was overrun by the French, and Queen Philippa had been taken hostage in Ghent.

Another said he didn't realise who Pippa was because she introduced herself by her full name, Philippa.

Obviously Philippa had no idea that he was going to do that and told him to stop immediately.

Her grand-daughter Philippa was in the girl's waxen age; another, Beatrice, was coming to it.

Philippa, so strangely baffled in her natural curiosity, begged for a seat; she begged to be allowed to ride.

He swept another bow of apology, chiefly to Philippa, as representative of the sex claiming homage.

Philippa's admiration of them was like a new-pressed grape-juice after a draught of the ripe vintage.

Queen Philippa bestirred herself with heroic energy on this occasion, and marched with the army to the north.

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