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Susanna

Susanna means 'lily', a Hebrew word probably borrowed from Egyptian zšn 'lotus'. The heroine of the Greek Daniel spread the name across Christian Europe — Suzanne, Susanne, Zuzanna, Zsuzsanna, Māori Huhana — while a second line runs from Greek soûson to Middle Persian sōsan and then to the Persian and Arabic girls' name Sawsan.

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