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Origin
latin
Origin name
from latin 'pig' or 'pink' - one of Uranus' moons, after the Shakespeare caracter of his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596), the heroine who disguises herself as a man in order to defend Antonio in court.
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Portia de Rossi
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born 1973
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