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Angela
Angela Angela carries both the divine lightness of its angelic meaning and the warm earthiness of an everyday Italian and Spanish name used across the full social spectrum. In Italian fiction it often belongs to working-class women of extraordinary moral strength — the name has a particular resonance in neorealist and southern Italian storytelling as the name of women who embody endurance and grace under pressure.
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Paola
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Mara
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