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Markova

American  
[mahr-koh-vuh] / mɑrˈkoʊ və /

noun

  1. Alicia Lilian Alicia Marks, 1910–2004, English ballet dancer.


Markova British  
/ mɑːˈkəʊvə /

noun

  1. Dame Alicia. real name Lilian Alicia Marks. (1910–2004), English ballerina

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Others to be honoured include novelist Barbara Pym, artist Graham Sutherland, ballerina Alicia Markova and poet, playwright, broadcaster, and campaigner Una Marson.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025

He enrolled, and when that institution closed after the film stock was discontinued, his passion continued, learning from famed shooter Nadine Markova, who taught him the basics of composition.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Tamara Markova, 82, and her son Mykola Riaskov said they spent only five days as evacuees in the central city of Dnipro this month before deciding to take their chances back home.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022

Ms. Markova, a longtime creative director, is not exaggerating about evangelizing; she refers to switching to their product as “conversion.”

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2020

All the tribute he had delivered for several years, according to receipts which he showed to us, consisted of some few fox-skins, which he had probably received as market-tolls at Anjui and Markova.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882