Sylvia

[sil-vee-uh]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Forner nursery schoolteacher Sylvia Nkelane left her poor, densely populated neighbourhood of Kinshasa to work in Kimwenza.

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When she learned that “Ulysses” was to be published in 1922 by Sylvia Beach’s bookshop, Shakespeare & Company, Stein “pulled up in her car outside the shop,” not with the intention of ordering a copy but to cancel her membership of Beach’s subscription library.

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On Tuesday night, Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement and corruption after a trial that began a day earlier in their absence.

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Sylvia Bongo, 62, and Noureddin Bongo, 33, both tried in absentia, were found guilty of embezzlement of public funds, among other charges.

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In May last year, Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo filed a lawsuit in France alleging that they were "repeatedly and violently tortured" by Oligui's closest army allies while in detention.

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