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CYPRIAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: History

Pronounced: SIP-ree-ən (English)   [key]

From the Roman family name Cyprianus which meant "from Cyprus" in Latin. Saint Cyprian was a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage and a martyr under the emperor Valerian.
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