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Alethia

American  
[al-uh-thee-uh] / ˌæl əˈθi ə /

noun

  1. the ancient Greek personification of truth.


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It’s a multibillion-dollar endeavor with more than 40 million visitors walking through the city’s streets every year, said Alethia Calbeck, chief communications officer at Visit Philadelphia.

From Seattle Times Nov. 27, 2023

Born around 1785 in Upper Marlboro, Md., Alethia “Lethe” Browning Tanner grew up enslaved with her two sisters on a plantation near the Patuxent River in Maryland.

From Washington Post Jul. 23, 2022

Alethia West, 90, the chairwoman of the church’s board of trustees, agreed.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2021

It’s a Wonderful Life Alethia Theater performs a stage adaptation of filmmaker Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday fable.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2018

“Alethiometer. How interesting. Alethia, truth—those emblems—yes, I see.”

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

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