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Ursula

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Ursula ♀ From the Latin name Ursula, a diminutive of ursa ‘(she-)bear’. This was the name of a 4th-century saint martyred at Cologne with a number of companions, traditionally said to have been eleven thousand, but more probably just eleven, the exaggeration being due to a misreading of a diacritic mark in an early manuscript. This name was moderately popular in the 16th century, but its use in the English-speaking world today is selective. A more recent influence has been the film actress Ursula Andress (b. 1936 in Switzerland).

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Ursula

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Ursula,
1. the pig-woman in Jonson's Bartholomew Fair,

2. Hero's maidservant in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing;

3. one of the Brangwen sisters in D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow and Women in Love.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ursula." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Ursula.html

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Ursula

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Ursula ♀ Latin: diminutive of ursa ‘(she-)bear’; the name of a 4th-century saint martyred at Cologne.

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ursula." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Ursula.html

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Ursula

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Ursula •ampulla, bulla, fuller, Müller, pula, puller •titular • Weissmuller • wirepuller •incunabula, tabular •preambular • glandular • coagula •angular, quadrangular, rectangular, triangular •Dracula, facula, oracular, spectacular, vernacular •cardiovascular, vascular •annular, granular •scapula • capsular • spatula •tarantula • nebula • scheduler •calendula •irregular, regular •Benbecula, molecular, secular, specular •cellular • fibula • Caligula • singular •auricular, curricula, curricular, diverticula, funicular, lenticular, navicular, particular, perpendicular, testicular, vehicular, vermicular •primula •insular, peninsula •fistula, Vistula •globular •modular, nodular •binocular, jocular, ocular •oscular •copula, popular •consular • formula • tubular • uvula •jugular •avuncular, carbuncular •crepuscular, majuscular, minuscular, muscular •pustular •circular, semicircular, tubercular •Ursula

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