The daughter of Ponto Baggins, and thus a distant relation of Bilbo Baggins (though Bilbo referred to himself as Angelica's uncle, she was in fact not his niece, but his second cousin, twice removed). Angelica not only attended Bilbo's famous Birthday Party, but was among those who received special presents: in her case, a round mirror.
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The modern name Angelica is the feminine form of Latin angelicus, meaning 'angel' or (etymologically) 'divine messenger'. A Hobbit of the Shire cannot have had a name deriving from Latin, so this must represent a translation of Angelica's true Hobbit-name. Within Tolkien's mythos, the role of an angel would most often be fulfilled by a being known as a Maia, so perhaps Angelica's true name contained a reference to such a being.
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