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  1. adjective Born. Used to indicate the maiden name of a married woman.
  2. adjective Formerly known as.

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  • / Je suis née le 25 décembre, alors voici une photo de moi à 25 ans (désolé pour la mauvaise qualité). —  Rosa's Yummy Yums
  • MORRIS - On April 05, 2009 Jeanette Moreen, née Edey, of
  • Elana Dykewomon (née Nachman) is another talented novelist with a rabid lesbian following whose forthcoming "Risk" (April) risks an overkill of themes: there's lesbianism and Jewish identity, pedigree and downward mobility, pre - and post-9 / 11 sensibility and so on. —  Bladewire - Washington Blade
  • John S Rad, née Yeghanerad, the accidental auteur of the cult film Paul Cullum in the LA Weekly. —  GreenCine Daily
  • Set in the gilded, colonnaded halls of the Shanghai Exhibition Center (née the Palace of Sino-Soviet Friendship), the site is an ostentatious example of Stalinist architecture that, while incongruous to the flimsy white booths installed for the fair, seemed a welcome enough setting for commerce. —  artforum.com
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  1. French, feminine past participle of naître, to be born, from Old French naistre, from Latin nāscī; see genə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. F. (from Latin nata), feminine of né (from Latin natus), pp. of naître, from Latin nasci, be born: see nascent, natal.
 

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