Sabina

[ suh-bee-nuh, -bahy- ]

/ səˈbi nə, -ˈbaɪ- /

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a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”

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Yet, initially, Sabina is far removed from anything resembling the road to transcendence.
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