Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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From Latin Paulina, feminine form of Paulinus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus ("small"). Name of a third century saint.

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Examples

  • The Art of Pizza in Paulina is very good for a slice, and I grow increasingly fond Lou Manelli's (just a couple blocks down State street from Berghoff's) every time I go there.

    Homecoming grrm 2010

  • One, Paulina, is fifty-two, the eldest by seventeen years.

    Women of God 2002

  • One, Paulina, is fifty-two, the eldest by seventeen years.

    Women of God 2002

  • “Oh yes, that is to say, Paulina — wasn’t her name Paulina?”

    The Road Leads On 2003

  • I live in a huge loft with my roommate Amy and six pet doves in an old converted warehouse called the Paulina Building.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • I live in a huge loft with my roommate Amy and six pet doves in an old converted warehouse called the Paulina Building.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • This explanation recalled Paulina to a very painful sense of the critical importance which might be attached to the papers which she had lost.

    Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • This explanation recalled Paulina to a very painful sense of the critical importance which might be attached to the papers which she had lost.

    Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • The dress is called Paulina and definately requires you to have tit tape on hand * looks down* yep!

    Fashion World of SL 2008

  • It is "Paulina," swaggering down the hill with a devil-may-care mien, her gun still over her shoulder, her hands in her pockets.

    When the Birds Begin to Sing Harold Piffard

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