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[Facts] Re: Proscovia
I would say it is a variation of the Russian/Est European (originally Greek) name Paraskeva, which seems to have a lot of different forms: Petka, Paraskeve, Paraskevi, Praskovie, Pyatnitsa, Pyetka, Paraskevoula, Paraschiva, Voula.
The romanization from cyrillic and the fact that arabic alphabet doesn't usually mark the vowels could explain the strangeness of this particular name.
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