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Cilla

American  
[sil-uh] / ˈsɪl ə /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.


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In 1985, Cilla Black hosted a pilot episode of a shiny new show inspired by a concept from America known as "The Dating Game".

From BBC Nov. 27, 2025

If a couple seemed to be getting on well, Cilla would ask, "Do I need to buy a new hat?"

From BBC Nov. 27, 2025

Other category winners this year included Cilla who was the winner of the "connected" category, as a school cat at Outwoods Primary School in Warwickshire.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2024

The couple met in 1988 and tied the knot three years later with presenter Cilla and her husband Bobby attending the wedding at the church. and the service being broadcast on ITV a day later.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2024

“And you can’t protect us. I might be under eighteen. I might legally be your property or whatever, but I’m my own person. Cilla was her own person.”

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

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