Word: phillipa
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...custom is one of great antiquity, and has been deemed to have arisen, perhaps without much authority, in a pun on the founder's name. Aiguille is the Erench for needle, and fill for thread, and the two together have certainly some resemblance to Egglesfield, the confessor of Queen Phillipa, who was the founder of the College. Possibly four or five centuries ago the pronunciation may have been more closely assimilated. Quaint ceremonies, such as those mentioned above, are interesting and pretty in themselves, and provide a happy link with the history of the past.- (Oxford Review...