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Bian⋅ca

[byahng-kah, bee-ahng-kuh]
–noun
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”
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Bi·an·ca   (byäng'kä, bē-äng'kə)   
n.  The satellite of Uranus that is third in distance from the planet.

[After Bianca, sister of Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.]
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Bianca 
fem. proper name, from It., lit. the fem of bianco "white." A doublet of Fr. Blanche.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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