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  • British consort of Charles, Prince of Wales (from 2005).

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  • proper noun A warrior Queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
  • proper noun A female given name.

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Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

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