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[Facts] Daria
Had a Russian friend called Daria who told me it also meant river. Checked, seems to be the case. Not only masculine of Darius, then?
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No, it looks like "Daria" in Russian means "strong, conquering" and has been used as a personal name for centuries.The word "darya" means "river" in one of the Turkmen dialects (Kirghiz, etc., in central Asia), but for all I know it may indeed be used as a personal name in modern Russia. Different word origin, tho.- Da.
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