Augusta

 

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Augusta

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From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡʌstə/

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Augusta

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:

     August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Woodruff County, Arkansas.
   2. A city, the county seat of Richmond County, in east-central Georgia; also see Disgusta.
   3. A village in Illinois.
   4. A city in Butler County, Kansas.
   5. A city in Kentucky.
   6. The capital city of Maine, United States and the county seat of Kennebec County.
   7. A village in Michigan.
   8. An unincorporated community in Carver County, Minnesota.
   9. A city in Missouri.
   10. A census-designated place in Montana.
   11. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, New Jersey.
   12. A town in New York.
   13. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
   14. A city in Wisconsin.
   15. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Augusta Township.
3. A township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, eastern Ontario, Canada.
4. A town in Sicily, Italy.
5. A town in Western Australia.
6. (rare) A habitational surname from Italian, from the town in Sicily.
7. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.

Augusta m

1. a female given name

Augusta

1. a female given name of Latin origin

Augusta f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Augusta: Augustuson
• daughter of Augusta: Augustudóttir

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Augusta

1. a female given name from Latin

 

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Augusta

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• IPA^(key): /awˈɡu.sta/
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: Au‧gù‧sta

Augusta f

1. Augsburg (a city in Bavaria, Germany)
2. a female given name

• augustano

Feminine form of Augustus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪ä]

Augusta f (genitive Augustae); first declension

1. an honorific title given to the wives of Roman Emperors
2. The name of several ancient towns, such as Augusta Praetōria (modern day Aosta), Augusta Taurīnōrum (modern day Turin) or Augusta Vindelicōrum (modern day Augsburg)

First-declension noun.

• Franco-Provençal: Aoûta
• Italian: Aosta, Augusta
• Sicilian: Agusta

• “Augusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Augusta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Augusta

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• IPA^(key): /awˈɡus.ta/

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• Rhymes: -usta
• Syllabification: Au‧gus‧ta

Learned borrowing from Latin Augusta.

Augusta f (male equivalent August)

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Augusta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Augusta m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of August

• Augusta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧ta

Augusta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Augusta
2. Augusta (a city, the state capital of Maine, United States)

 

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Augusta (priezvisko)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈauɡusta]

Augusta m pers (female equivalent Augustová)

1. a male surname

• “Augusta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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Augusta c (genitive Augustas)

1. a female given name of Latin origin