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sibylle

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Sib⋅yl

  [sib-uhl]
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–noun
a female given name.
Also, Sibylle.
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sibyl 
c.1300, from O.Fr. sibile, from L. Sibylla, from Gk. Sibylla, name for any of several prophetesses consulted by ancient Greeks and Romans, of uncertain origin. Said to be from Doric Siobolla, from Attic Theoboule "divine wish."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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