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In the Italian translation of Harry Potter's books and movies, Hedwig (Harry's snowy owl) is called Edvige.
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In Italian it is pronounced ehd-VEE-jeh. [noted -ed]
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Edvige Giunta (born 1959) is a Sicilian-American writer, educator, and literary critic. She organized a program on female Italian-American writers at the City University of New York in 1995, and co-founded the Collective of Italian American Women in 1998.
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Edvige Carboni (2 May 1880 – 17 February 1952) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Sardinia who relocated to Rome and became well-known among the faithful and religious alike for her ecstasies and angelic visions.
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Edvige Vaccari (born early 1880s) was an Italian coloratura soprano singer in opera; she toured in Australia and performed in Mexico before joining the San Carlo Opera Company for several seasons, and was compared to Luisa Tetrazzini in publicity.
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Also Corsican: http://www.corsicami.com/corse%20prenoms/prenoms_corses_m10.htm
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A bit old fashioned, but in any case a great name!
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Edvige is the Italian form of German Hedwig, commonly known to mean "Contending Battle."
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Though not one of my favorite Italian names, I like this name, and I disagree with the above comment.
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Let J. K. Rowling keep these ugly names for her characters!
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