See Priscilla on Wiktionary
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],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately from Latin Priscilla.",
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"args": {},
"expansion": "Priscilla",
"name": "id-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Indonesian entries with incorrect language header",
"Indonesian female given names",
"Indonesian female given names from Latin",
"Indonesian given names",
"Indonesian lemmas",
"Indonesian proper nouns",
"Indonesian terms derived from Latin",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Priscilla \"Pica Priscilla\" Febrita Wiriahardja, b. 1988"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Priscilla"
],
"links": [
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"given name"
],
[
"Priscilla",
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]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/priˈsila/"
}
],
"word": "Priscilla"
}
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