I’m teaching [name_m]Philip[/name_m] Pullman’s brilliant The [name_u]Golden[/name_u] Compass to my 7th graders and it’s struck me that [name_f]Lyra[/name_f]'s name Belacqua is gorgeous. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] to meet one someday! (No spoilers please)
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Yes, I’ve thought this before! Belacqua and [name_u]Boreal[/name_u](is) for His Dark Materials-themed twins? 
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Gorgeous!
Belacqua has flair. I quite like it
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I’d say bel-AH-kwa.
This means beautiful water in Italian or something close to it if I’m correct.
It’s an interesting name.
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I adore His Dark Materials and always thought Belacqua was so beautiful! I wouldn’t be brave enough to use it as a first but I think it’d made an incredible middle!
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I think [name_u]Bela[/name_u] said that way would be a cool nn, as well as Acqua or [name_f]Aqua[/name_f].
I absolutely love His Dark Materials!! Belacqua is very pretty 
[name_f]Bella[/name_f] is a very cute nickname.
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