Patricia

American  

[puh-trish-uh, -tree-shuh] / pəˈtrɪʃ ə, -ˈtri ʃə /

noun

1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”

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Example Sentences

The 1974 political kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was front-page news for a year and a half — her abduction, then her announcement that she was joining her captors, then her discovery, arrest, and prosecution.

From Los Angeles Times

The two married in April 1967, after Murdoch divorced his first wife, Patricia Booker.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Hungarian photographer recoiled at the work of American photographers such as Ansel Adams, whose “cult of technical perfection,” according to Patricia Albers, risked “killing their subjects with irrelevant detail.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Lee Williams, whose mother Patricia died in June 2023, said trust had been "shattered".

From BBC

The McCoys are the kind of people who look you in the eye and give you their full attention, and Patricia’s British accent carries an upbeat, birdsong tone.

From Los Angeles Times