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Celinda (pronounced seh-lean-da) is Spanish for the flower called Philadelphus Coronarius, or Sweet Mock-orange. [noted -ed]
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Selene is the name you find on Wikipedia for the English rendition of the Greek name for the goddess of the moon and the hunt (Σελήνη). However, there are variants of the name (including Selena) and Celinda is one of them. I care a lot about this, because it's my given name. I was named after a great-grandmother who was born in Towanda, PA in 1850. She had an aunt named Celinda and there were other Celindas in Towanda around that time. I never met another person with that name, although I've read about several--like Celinda Lake, the pollster.
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"The name Selinda was introduced by the English playwright William Congreve in a comic verse entitled "Pious Selinda Goes to Prayers," which was set to music in 1695 by Henry Purcell (famous for the phrase, "Would she could make of me a saint, or I of her a sinner.") Also spelled "Celinda."
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