Avva
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Avva(Russian:А́вва) is an old and uncommonRussianmalefirst name.[1]Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the officialSynodalMenologiumat the end of the 19th century.[2]It may have derived from theBiblical Hebrewwordabba,meaningfather.[1]
See also
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[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^abSuperanskaya 2005,p. 31.
- ^Superanskaya 2005,pp. 23, 31.
Sources
[edit]- А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya) (2005).Словарь русских имён[Dictionary of Russian Names] (in Russian). Moscow:Эксмо.ISBN5-699-14090-5.