Edmonia

E1D2M3O1N1I1A1

proper noun

A female given name.

Scrabble 10

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proper noun

alternative Edmondia

  1. A female given name.

    Consuela Edmonia Lee was born in Tallahassee, Fla., on Nov. 1, 1926, but grew up mostly in Snow Hill, graduating from the Snow Hill Institute.

    2010 January 12, Bruce Weber, “Consuela Lee, Jazz Pianist and Educator, Dies at 83”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2010
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    The marriage of Miss Edmonia Mason Adams to Dr. Richard A. Kearny of the United States Public Health Service, took place to-day at noon in the Connecticut Avenue home of the bride’s parents, Rear Admiral and Mrs. J. S. Adams.

    1914 April 22, “Miss Adams Weds Dr. R.A. Kearny”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    Details of Lewis’s early life are fuzzy, but biographers say she was born Mary Edmonia Lewis in Greenbush, N.Y., near Albany, in about 1844.

    2018 July 25, Penelope Green, “Overlooked No More: Edmonia Lewis, 19th Century Black Sculptor of Worldwide Acclaim”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2018

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APA

Edmonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edmonia

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“Edmonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edmonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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