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DELPHIA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: DEL-fee-ə   [key]

Possibly from the name of the Greek city of Delphi, the site of an oracle of Apollo, which is possibly related to Greek δελφις (delphis) "dolphin". It was used in the play 'The Prophetess' (1647), in which it belongs to the title prophetess.
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