Filippa is a given name meaning "lover of

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s" or "

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Philippa Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses" or " horses' friend". Common alternative spellings include '' Filippa'' and ''Phillipa''. Less common is '' Filipa'' and even ''Philippe'' (cf. the French spelling of '' Philippa of Guel ...

'', ''Phillippa'' or ''

Filipa Filipa is a given name meaning "friend of horses". Common alternative spellings include ''Philippa'', ''Phillippa'', '' Filippa'', or ''Filipa''. It is the feminine form of the masculine name '' Philip'' in Serbian, Portuguese, Croatian, Czech a ...

''. It is the

feminine form In linguistics, grammatical gender system is a specific form of noun class system, where nouns are assigned with gender categories that are often not related to their real-world qualities. In languages with grammatical gender, most or all nouns ...

of the masculine name '' Philip'' in

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Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

(Φιλίππα) and

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(Филиппа) Notable people with the name Filippa include: *

Filippa Duci Filippa Duci (french: Philippe Desducs; 1520, Moncalieri, Piedmont – before October 1586, near Tours), dame de Couy, was a French (originally Italian) courtesan. She was the mother of Diane de France. Life Her father was Gian Antonio Duci. Dur ...

- Piedmontese noblewoman * Filippa Giordano - Italian crossover singer * Filippa Hamilton - Swedish-French model * Filippa Reinfeldt - Swedish politician

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