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Meaning of Cecilia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
sɪˈsiːli.ə

Definitions

A female given name from Latin.

Equivalents

العربية سيسيليا
Български цецилия
Bosanski sile
Català Cecília
Čeština Cecílie
Dansk Cecilie
Deutsch Cäcilie
Ελληνικά Καικιλία
Español cecilia
Eesti Silja
Suomi Silja
Français Cécile Cecilia
Gaeilge Sile sisile
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Kikilia
Hrvatski sile
Magyar Cecília
Italiano Cecilia
Kurdî şile
Latina Caecilia
Polski Cecylia
Português Cecília
Slovenčina Cecília
Српски sile
Svenska Cecilia

Examples

“Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise / At bright Cecilia's name, their lays!”
“‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell him he mustn’t. Cecilia Jupe. Let me see. What is your father?’”
“Because they had named her Cecilia, her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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