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Cornelia

[ kawr-neel-yuh ]
/ kɔrˈnil yə /

noun

flourished 2nd century b.c., Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
flourished 1st century b.c., first wife of Julius Caesar 83–67?.Compare Calpurnia, Pompeia.
a female given name.

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corneal staphyloma, corn earworm, corned, Corneille, cornel, Cornelia, Cornelia de Lange's syndrome, cornelian, cornelian cherry, Cornelius, Cornell
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