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Catherine

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Catherine [ˈkæθrɪn]
n
(Biographies / Catherine, Saint (death date: 307) F, Egyptian, RELIGION: martyr, RELIGION: saint) Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
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Noun1.Catherine - first wife of Henry VIIICatherine - first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
Catherine of Aragon
2.Catherine - empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
Catherine II, Catherine the Great
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Catherine [ˈkæθərɪn]
A. N → Catalina
B. CPD Catherine wheel N (= firework) → girándula f
Catherine
n → Katharina f
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