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Edwardia
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English
Etymology
From en Edward ia<id:female given name>.
Proper noun
en female rare.
en 11 December 1909 Filibuster pseudonym Miss Edwardia Wood and Mac the Tiger The Hinckley Times and Bosworth Herald 1068 Hinckley, Leicestershire [5] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/872655736/ 1 751644545 Here lies the body of Miss Edwardia Wood, / Tiger-tamer to the Leicester Liberal Party, / Who performed many daring feats / Of political bravado / In the Socialist Menagerie, / but was swallowed by / Mac, / (An untamed tiger from the I.L.P. jungle), / And, ceasing to have any separate political existence, became / A mere inside passenger, / Her end was pieces.
en 26 February 1920 [News of a Personal Nature] Newville Carlisle Evening Herald 183rd year 171 Carlisle, Pa. 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/269941333/ 2 12793863 Miss Edwardia Collins has returned to her home in Waynesboro after having spent the week-end with Miss Lou McIvor in this place.
en 29 April 1932 Presbyterian Women Meeting in Centerview The Star-Journal rural XX Warrensburg, Mo. front page https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/694579987/ 3 29961707 Others of importance who are in attendance at the meetings are Miss Edwardia Clingan, a missionary, formerly located in the Ozark area.
en 15 April 1990 Sorority to present 26 young women in Jabberwock Pageant Greensboro News & Record 100 105 Greensboro, N.C. “People & Places” section 2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/943767610/ 3 0747-1858 10623286 Kimberly Johnson, daughter of Edwardia Reed Johnson, Grimsley High School