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Gen⋅e⋅vieve

[jen-uh-veev]
–noun
1. Saint, a.d. 422–512, French nun: patron saint of Paris.
2. a female given name.
Also, Gene⋅viève [Fr. zhuhnuh-vyev] .
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Genevieve 
fem. proper name, from Fr. Geneviève, from L.L. Genovefa, probably of Celtic origin.
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Genevieve, Saint

patron saint of Paris, who allegedly saved that city from the Huns

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