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Aphra

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Aphra ♀ Of uncertain origin. It could be an altered spelling of a Late Latin name, Afra. This was originally an ethnic name for a woman from Africa (in Roman times meaning the area around Carthage). It was used in the post-classical period as a nickname for a dark person, and eventually became a given name, being borne, for example, by saints martyred at Brescia under the Roman emperor Hadrian and at Augsburg under Diocletian. The respelling of the name may have been prompted by Micah 1:10 ‘in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust’, where Aphrah is often taken as a personal name, but is in fact a place name meaning ‘dust’. As a given name it has never been frequent, and is known chiefly as the name of the writer Aphra Behn (1640–89).

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Aphra

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Aphra •jarrah, para, Tara •abracadabra, Aldabra •Alhambra • Vanbrugh •Cassandra, Sandra •Aphra, Biafra •Niagara, pellagra, Viagra •bhangra, Ingres •Capra • Cleopatra •mantra, tantra, yantra •Basra •Asmara, Bukhara, carbonara, Carrara, cascara, Connemara, Damara, Ferrara, Gemara, Guadalajara, Guevara, Honiara, Lara, marinara, mascara, Nara, Sahara, Samara, samsara, samskara, shikara, Tamara, tiara, Varah, Zara •candelabra, macabre, sabra •Alexandra • Agra • fiacre •Chartres, Montmartre, Sartre, Sinatra, Sumatra •Shastra • Maharashtra • Le Havre •gurdwara •Berra, error, Ferrer, sierra, terror •zebra • ephedra • Porto Alegre •belles-lettres, Petra, raison d'être, tetra •Electra, plectra, spectra •Clytemnestra • extra •chèvre, Sèvres •Ezra

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Aphra Behn. Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/1997
	Rereading Aphra Behn: History, Theory, and Criticism. Magazine article from: The Women's Review of Books; 7/1/1994
	Derek Hughes, The Theatre of Aphra Behn.(Book Review) Magazine article from: Comparative Drama; 9/22/2002