Adriana

See also: Adriána

English

Alternative forms

• Adrianna

Etymology

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Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.

Proper noun

Adriana

1. A female given name from Latin or Etruscan, a feminine form of Adrian.
   • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects, / I am not Adriana, nor thy wife

Related terms

• Adrienne

Translations

female given name

• Franco-Provençal: Adriyêne
• French: Adrienne (fr)

Czech

Proper noun

Adriana f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adriana

Declension

Declension of Adriana (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Adriana	Adriany
genitive	Adriany	Adrian
dative	Adrianě	Adrianám
accusative	Adrianu	Adriany
vocative	Adriano	Adriany
locative	Adrianě	Adrianách
instrumental	Adrianou	Adrianami

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.driˈa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: A‧dri‧à‧na

Proper noun

Adriana f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adriana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ad.riˈaː.na/, [äd̪riˈäːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.riˈa.na/, [äd̪riˈäːnä]

Proper noun

Adriāna f (genitive Adriānae); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adriana

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Adriāna	Adriānae
Genitive	Adriānae	Adriānārum
Dative	Adriānae	Adriānīs
Accusative	Adriānam	Adriānās
Ablative	Adriānā	Adriānīs
Vocative	Adriāna	Adriānae

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɾjana/ [aˈð̞ɾja.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: A‧dria‧na

Proper noun

Adriana f

1. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan], equivalent to English Adriana

Related terms

• Adrián