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Alice

American  
[al-is] / ˈæl ɪs /

noun

  1. a city in southern Texas.

  2. the Alice. Alice Springs.

  3. a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “of noble rank.”


Alice British  
/ ˈælɪs /

noun

  1. slang short for Alice Springs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The following year, they asked the artist for a joint portrait of their two youngest girls, Alice and Elisabeth, who were by then 5 and 6 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"They came and said, 'look, we're not here to arrest you, get you in trouble, we're here to support you'," Alice said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

When Alice was unemployed Savage covered her entrance cost every single time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"I'm here because I believe in democracy. Because I'm scared," said Alice Carneiro, 25, an administrator in maritime shipping, crying as she expressed fears about a possible backlash against her wife, who is transgender.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

But Alice and Ella and Mary and Laura ate theirs slowly in little bits, first the arms and legs and then the middle, saving the head for the last.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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