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CANDIDA
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, English
Pronounced: KAN-di-də (English) [key]
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Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning "white". This was the name of several early saints, including a woman supposedly healed by Saint Peter. As an English name, it came into use after George Bernard Shaw's play 'Candida' (1898). |
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