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  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Beatrice

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Examples

  • Hi Azzy...actually "Bea" is short for Belinda in my case.

    Birthday Party Fun Bea Amaya 2007

  • Bea is also a Republican appointee and tends to vote with the court's conservative wing, which could help Arizona's chances.

    Judge questions Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona immigration law Jerry Markon 2010

  • I posted her photo, rather than mine, because Bea is younger, the camera loves Bea, she's thinner, and when she doesn't have a potty mouth, she's funnier.

    QUIBBLES & BITS 2006

  • I posted her photo, rather than mine, because Bea is younger, the camera loves Bea, she's thinner, and when she doesn't have a potty mouth, she's funnier.

    April 2006 2006

  • The woman I was most in love with, however -- let's call her Bea -- was vacating every commitment she'd made to me one by one, without notification, and finding ways to convince me it was my fault each time.

    9/11 Maggie Jochild 2007

  • My two favorites from flickr are still Bea aka "la tartine gourmande" of course and speedm.

    DMBLGIT : the win·ners! 2006

  • One morning, before we started rehearsing, Terry Hughes called Bea, Rue, Estelle, and me down to the other end of the studio and sat us down.

    Here We Go Again Betty White 1995

  • At sound of a rustle in one of the dressing-rooms, Berta called Bea's name.

    Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz

  • The partner in question happened to be a certain lively and independent young person called Bea by her friends.

    Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz

  • There was one really sweet koala in there called Bea, she had been taken in after falling onto some rocks.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

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