Message: "Re: Vera" - Behind the Name

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[Opinions] Re: Vera

by Pelops (blaaarg)

12/31/2021, 10:55 AM

in reply to a message by Mary R.

Oh wow. I guess I never thought it meant anything but "truth."

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- Mary R.

12/31/2021, 2:29 PM

Well, I know that in Russian and Belarusian the word 'vera' means 'faith'.
And the name Vera is a calque of the Greek Πίστη (Pistis), which means "trust, faith" in Greek.

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