Meliora
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About Meliora
Unusual and lush Roman name adopted, improbably, by the Puritans.
The Cornish version, pronounced mel-YOHR-ah, has been in use since the 13th century.
Pronounced muh-lee-OR-uh.
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character in Victoria Holt's novel "The Legend of the Seventh Virgin" set in Cornwall, counterpart to the heroine, Kerensa. ("I called her Melly to myself, just to rob her of a little dignity. Mellyora! It sounded so pretty when people said it. I have never heard that Mellyora meant anything.")
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