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MARTHA
Gender: Feminine Usage: English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek Other Scripts: Μαρθα (Greek), Марѳа (Church Slavic) Pronounced: MAHR-thə (English) [key] From Aramaic מרתא (marta') meaning "lady, mistress". In the New Testament this was the name of the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany. It was not used in England until after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was Martha Washington (1731-1802), the wife of the first American president George Washington.
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