Patricia
[puh-trish-uh, -tree-shuh] /pəˈtrɪʃ ə, -ˈtri ʃə/
noun
1.
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”.
fem. proper name, from Latin, fem. of patricius “patrician, noble” (see Patrick).
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