Filomena is a form of the
Greek female given name
Philomena. It means "friend of strength" (φίλος : ''phílos'' "friend, lover" and μένος : ''ménos'' "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμένη : ''philouménē'' meaning "loved").
Filomena is the name of one of the storytellers in the
frame story
A frame is often a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction and/or steel frame that limits the construction's extent.
Frame and FRAME may also refer to:
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The Decameron''.
People with the name Filomena
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Filomena Barros Dos Reis, East Timorese activist
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Filomena Campus, Italian singer
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Filomena Cautela, Portuguese presenter
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Filomena Costa, Portuguese runner
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Filomena Dato, Spanish writer
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Filomena Delli Castelli, Italian politician
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Filomena Embaló, Bissau-Guinean writer
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Filomena Fortes, Cape Verdean sports administrator and handball player
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Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė
Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė (born 17 April 1942 in Mažeikiai) is a Lithuanian set designer and painter.
Biography
In 1965, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. She worked at the Lithuanian Radio and Television Comm ...
, Lithuanian artist
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Filomena Margaiz
Filomena Margaiz Ramírez (born 29 November 1968) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party. As of 2014 she served as Senator of the LVIII and LIX Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Guanajuato
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, Mexican politician
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Filomena Moretti, Italian guitarist
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Filomena Rotiroti, Canadian politician
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Filomena Tassi, Canadian politician
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Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote, Bissau-Guinean politician
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Filomena Trindade, Angolan handball player
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Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea
Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea (c. 1848–1924) was a Chilean soldier, known as ''La Madrecita''.Valdivia, Francisca (4 de julio de 2011). «La importancia de la mujer en la guerra de 1879 a 1884». Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez. Consulta ...
, Chilean soldier
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Philomena (given name) Philomena (c. 291–c. 304) was a young woman believed by some to have been a Christian martyr
In Christianity, a martyr is a person considered to have died because of their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. In years of the early church, s ...
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Storm Filomena
Storm Filomena was a extratropical cyclone in early January 2021 that was most notable for bringing unusually heavy snowfall to parts of Spain, with Madrid recording its heaviest snowfall in over a centur and with Portugal being hit less seve ...
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Filomena (disambiguation) Filomena is a female given name.
It can also refer to:
* The Decameron
* Santa Filomena (disambiguation), various meanings
* Santa Filomena, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which alluded to Florence Nightingale and coined the term "lady ...
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