Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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Latinate form of French Henriette, derived from the male given name Henry.

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Examples

  • HENRIETTA - For the past five months two Henrietta businesses have been targeted by thieves a minimum of three times each, with activity as recent as Jan. 28.

    Tennessean.com - Ashland City Times 2010

  • (In Rochester, the Regal Cinema 18 in Henrietta is playing host.)

    Mad Dog Movies « After Dark Horrorfest 2006

  • A committee established in Henrietta Lacks's name is seeking to turn the home where she grew up in rural Clover, Va., into a historic landmark, and Maryland has agreed to turn the Turner Station home where she lived in Baltimore County into a landmark, Patillo said.

    Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

  • Hill occupied a house in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, and a cottage at

    Index of People 2009

  • A committee established in Henrietta Lacks's name is seeking to turn the home where she grew up in rural Clover, Va., into a historic landmark, and Maryland has agreed to turn the Turner Station home where she lived in Baltimore County into a landmark, Patillo said.

    Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

  • Like most stores, Marketview Liquor in Henrietta, NY sells wine, wine glasses, wine stoppers, and corkscrews.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2008

  • Like most stores, Marketview Liquor in Henrietta, NY sells wine, wine glasses, wine stoppers, and corkscrews.

    Wine Politics 2008

  • Mama, whose Spanish name was Enriquetta but was known as Henrietta, was no pushover either.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • Mama, whose Spanish name was Enriquetta but was known as Henrietta, was no pushover either.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • Mama, whose Spanish name was Enriquetta but was known as Henrietta, was no pushover either.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

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