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Re: The name Arabella
Hi !!!I found many possibile etymologies:1 from Latin 'orabilis' that means 'invokable'
2 from Latin 'ara' and 'bellus' at the nominative so 'beautiful altair'
3 from Latin 'ara' and 'bellum' at the plural nominative that means 'altair of wars'
4 dim of the ethnic adj 'araba' so 'the Arabic one' or lately 'the dark-skinned one'.
5 a Scottish form of Annabel.All them can be possible.
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