"Candida" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Spanish Cándida, Candida, from Latin Candida, from candida, feminine of candidus (“shining white”).",
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          "ref": "1969 March 9, “Candida Hart Connard Plans August Weddin to David Low”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Mr. and Mrs. Frank Connard have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Candida Hart Connard, to David Thompson Low, son of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Orne Low Jr. of Colorado Springs.",
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          "ref": "2014 August 20, Rosemary Hill, “Candida Lycett Green obituary”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2014:",
          "text": "Candida Lycett Green, who has died aged 71 of cancer, often said that she had never been \"just me\", that the first half of her life was spent as \"John Betjeman's daughter\" and the latter part, after her younger son achieved fame as a DJ, being \"John Lycett Green's mum\".",
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          "text": "Bingham is survived by their daughter, Candida, and son, Matthew, two grandchildren, and her brother, Simon.",
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          "text": "Candida Lycett Green, who has died aged 71 of cancer, often said that she had never been \"just me\", that the first half of her life was spent as \"John Betjeman's daughter\" and the latter part, after her younger son achieved fame as a DJ, being \"John Lycett Green's mum\".",
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