Save Gender Feminine Usage Literature Pronounced Pron. /pɪp.ɪ.ˈlɔt.a/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Invented by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren for the heroine of her children's novel 'Pippi Långstrump' (1945). It is composed of Swedish pippi, a childish word for "bird", combined with the name Lotta.
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