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- proper noun A female
given name .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Through it all, Livia is a constant character, and, other than her murderous streak, a very no-nonsense, entertaining lady who happens to be a sociopath.
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Through it all, Livia is a constant character, and, other than her murderous streak, a very no-nonsense, entertaining lady who happens to be a sociopath.
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Livia is the highborn conniver who facilitates both intrigues, and later falls for Bianca's lowborn husband, Leantio.
Theater review: Constellation Theatre's 'Women Beware Women' Celia Wren 2010
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Well, Livia is Al. But I'm intrigued - since she didn't know details of his contemporary life, she's not originating from the same time period, if she even has a home-base at all.
Bionic Woman and Journeyman Lou Anders 2007
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It's The Sopranos, in which crime boss Tony Soprano's manipulative mother was called Livia.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Livia is desperately ambitious that her son, Tiberius, become Emperor on Augustus’s death, never mind that there are quite a few other heirs before him, or that neither Augustus nor Tiberius himself is very keen on Tiberius being Emperor.
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Livia is desperately ambitious that her son, Tiberius, become Emperor on Augustus’s death, never mind that there are quite a few other heirs before him, or that neither Augustus nor Tiberius himself is very keen on Tiberius being Emperor.
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Augustus, a so-called Livia, a bust of the young Marcellus, bas-reliefs, dancing women, a few inscriptions, and the seal of a Roman dentist, which I suppose he lost there one day when watching a play, and which has recently been found there.
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Giovanni, married a dissolute woman of low birth called Livia, and disgraced the name of Medici by the unprincely follies of his life.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
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She'd never yet needed to go further, but lived in fear that "Livia" would one day demand it of her-certainly it would happen if she ever realized that her intended lover had not the slightest interest in her advances.
The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988
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