Variʹna.

Swift, in his early life, professed to have an attachment to Miss Jane Waryng, and Latinised her name into Varina. (See Vanessa.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Vampire
Van
Van (pl. Vanir)
Vandal
Vandyck
Vandyke
Vanessa
Vanity Fair
Vanoc
Vantage Loaf
Varina
Varnish
Varro
Varuna
Vassal
Vathek
Vatican
Vaudeville
Vaugirard
Vauxhall or Fauxhall
Ve