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  • proper noun A transliteration of the Russian female given name Светлана.

Etymologies

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From Russian Светлана (Svetlána), from свет ("light").

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Examples

  • Somehow, if my previous comment made you write some drivel justifying yourself, then I can only guess I hit the target even if involuntarily. mi reina or barbara ohh i see u have many accounts lol though i was liking mi reina's comments ahaha, first of all i never said sth bad about svetlana but it is true many people dislike her this year cause of her behaviours and sexy screams maybe though i am not of them! and here is the source of interview Svetlana must be jealous of Hadise, after all the latter got someone "who kisses like a professional", LOL.

    esctoday.com | news 2009

  • Somehow, if my previous comment made you write some drivel justifying yourself, then I can only guess I hit the target even if involuntarily. mi reina or barbara ohh i see u have many accounts lol though i was liking mi reina's comments ahaha, first of all i never said sth bad about svetlana but it is true many people dislike her this year cause of her behaviours and sexy screams maybe though i am not of them! and here is the source of interview Svetlana must be jealous of Hadise, after all the latter got someone "who kisses like a professional", LOL.

    esctoday.com | news 2009

  • Through extensive profiling, screening and training, Svetlana is confident she can find you the person of your dreams.

    The Svetlana Agency Works Their Matchmaking Magic To Find Your Soul Mate 2007

  • She was formerly known as Svetlana Alliluyeva, and as a child had been a household name throughout the Soviet Union.

    NYDN Rss BRADEN GOYETTE 2011

  • "Everyone knows foreign currency isn't worth what it's being sold for at exchanges," said a 41-year-old woman who gave her name as Svetlana.

    Belarussian Leader Hints at Devaluation James Marson 2011

  • Moscow Nights had been called Svetlana for Stalin's favorite daughter until she eloped with a swarthy Indian.

    Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

  • The Chapel of Russia's Resurrection was founded by a former convict called Svetlana Frolova in the Nizhny Novgorod region, and believes that Putin is a reincarnation of both St. Paul the Apostle and Vladimir the Great, the first Christian ruler of the Kievan Rus.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Nausheen Husain 2012

  • County coroner Mary Turner said Lana Peters, originally known as Svetlana Alliluyeva, died on Nov. 22 in Wisconsin of colon cancer.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • The woman also known as Svetlana Alliluyeva, who spent her life grappling with her past reputation, dies at age 85

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • "Svetlana," however, is more agreeable than its prototype "Leonora," inasmuch as the whole catastrophe turns out a dream brought on by "sorcery," during the

    Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

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