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Augusta en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈɡʌstə/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 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. 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:
  2. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Woodruff County, Arkansas.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Richmond County, in east-central Georgia; also see Disgusta.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village and township in Hancock County, Illinois.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lockhart Township, Pike County, Indiana.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood of Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city and township in Butler County, Kansas.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Bracken County, Kentucky.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ The capital city of Maine, and the county seat of Kennebec County.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village mostly in Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township (called a Charter Township) in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  12. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Laketown Township and Dahlgren Township, Carver County, Minnesota.
  13. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
  14. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in St. Charles County, Missouri.
  15. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.
  16. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
  17. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Oneida County, New York.
  18. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Carroll County, Ohio.
  19. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
  20. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
  21. A township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, eastern Ontario, Canada.
  22. A town in Sicily, Italy.
  23. A town in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River, Western Australia.
  24. (rare) A habitational surname from Italian, from the town in Sicily.
  25. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.

Deriveds

Port Augusta · Gussie · Augusta County · Augusta Springs · Augusta-Margaret River · New Augusta

Translations (15)

la Augusta (capital city of Maine) · pt Augusta (female given name) · ru Ога́ста (capital city of Maine) · mr ऑगस्टा (capital city of Maine) · pt Augusta (capital city of Maine) · fr Augusta (female given name) · de Auguste (female given name) · mr ऑगस्टा (female given name) · pl Augusta (female given name) · cmn 奧古丝塔 (female given name) · da Augusta (female given name) · cs Augusta (female given name) · sv Augusta (female given name) · fi Asta (female given name) · cmn 奧古斯塔 /奥古斯塔 (capital city of Maine)

wikidata: Q28206