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OCTAVIA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Ancient Roman

Pronounced: ahk-TAYV-ee-ə (English)   [key]

Feminine form of OCTAVIUS. Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony and the sister of Roman emperor Augustus. In 19th-century England it was sometimes given to the eighth-born child.
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