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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female given name from Italian. · A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.
Ultimately from Latin gemma (“jewel”). The given name is mostly borrowed via Italian Gemma; the spelling Jemma in particular is associated with James. Doublet of gemma and gem.
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