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Irish First Names
Juno
A Latin name, the queen of the Roman gods, which may mean 'young'. It was used in Ireland to anglicise Una, but its true Irish forms are Iunainn and Iúnó.Sean O'Casey used the name for the matriach in his play Juno and the Paycock (1924).
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