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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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“We don’t really celebrate people such as Alethia, and I think this is a great starting point,” she said.

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

The park just steps from Trump’s front yard was where an enslaved woman named Alethia Browning Tanner used $1,400 she earned from selling vegetables in the park to buy her freedom in 1810.

From Seattle Times Jun. 10, 2020

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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