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JOANNA
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Polish, Biblical
Pronounced: jo-AN-ə (English), yaw-AHN-nah (Polish) [key]
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Latinized form of Ιωαννα (Ioanna), feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN). This was the name of a follower of Jesus in the New Testament. In the Middle Ages in England it was used as a Latinized form of Joan, and it became common as an English given name in the 19th century. |
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