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CANDICE Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAN-dis [key]
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CANDACE
CANDACE Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: KAN-das, kan-DAY-see [key]
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Sometimes said to mean "incandescent" or "white" from Latin canditia, but it is more likely from an unknown Ethiopic source. In the New Testament this is given as the title of the queens of Ethiopia.
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