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Re: Name Origin? ? ?
Gaodencia is a misspelling of Gaudencia, feminine form of Gaudencio, which comes from the Latin gaudens, gaudentis, "glad, joyous, joyful" (from the verb gaudeo, "to enjoy").The confusions between O and U in some situations are not unusual in colloquial Spanish : Juaquín instead of Joaquín or Eolalia instead of Eulalia, e.g.
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