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- proper noun A transliteration of the Russian female given name Зинаида (Zinaída).
Etymologies
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Examples
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While Raya, a girl with a red bow, wails over a collapsed sand castle that our teacher Zinaida Vasilievna is busy examining, Genka and I quietly creep out of the playground.
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While Raya, a girl with a red bow, wails over a collapsed sand castle that our teacher Zinaida Vasilievna is busy examining, Genka and I quietly creep out of the playground.
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But now, frozen in front of this black door, we both realize that this is the place where the garbageman must live, in the middle of this damp tunnel, in the eye of darkness, where we are no longer protected by sunlight or Zinaida Vasilievna or even screaming Aunt Polya.
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But now, frozen in front of this black door, we both realize that this is the place where the garbageman must live, in the middle of this damp tunnel, in the eye of darkness, where we are no longer protected by sunlight or Zinaida Vasilievna or even screaming Aunt Polya.
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Zinaida greeted them and turned on the subspace communicator.
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Khan broke the embrace gently and turned toward Zinaida Chitirih-Ra-Payjh.
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Zinaida, like most, had concentrated on the limits of pleasure.
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Dreaming never hurt anyone, though, and sometimes Del dreamed about Zinaida Chitirih-Ra-Payjh; in his dreams he could pretend that he was different, that he could provide whatever she asked and survive whatever she offered.
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Zinaida shrugged, turned off the communicator, and joined her teammates by the computer.
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Perhaps, if Zinaida were strong enough, she might even survive until then.
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