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Marianna

Marianna proper noun: a female given name from Italian.

Proper noun

Marianna

  1. A female given name from Italian.
    • "Marnie?" she said slowly, reading the name on the cover. "But how did you know? Marian was always called Marnie-" ( - - - )
      "She was called Marianna," Gillie said, "after her great-grandmother. Marnie was so pleased about that! And of course it is a lovely name. It had a Spanish sound about it...1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, pages 250, 265
  2. A city, the county seat of Lee County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Florida, United States.
  4. A small borough of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Origin of Marianna

From Italian Marianna.

Questions about Marianna

What does Marianna mean?
Marianna means a female given name from Italian.
What part of speech is Marianna?
Marianna is a proper noun.

Words near Marianna in the dictionary

  1. Marianismo
  2. Marianist
  3. Marianists
  4. Marianite
  5. Marianites
  6. Marianna
  7. Marianne
  8. Mariannhill
  9. Marianolatry
  10. Marians
  11. Mariategui

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