Angela

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See also angelą, Ángela, Angéla, and anĝela

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Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek angelos "messenger, angel". Name of an Italian 15th/16th century saint.

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Singular
Angela

Plural
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Angela

  1. A female given name in regular use since the 18th century.

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  • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: III:iii:56
    Faire Angela (quoth she) men do her call, / No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight: / She hath the leading of a Martiall / And mighty people, dreaded more then all / The other Saxons, which do for her sake / And love, themselves of her name Angles call.
  • 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes. HarperCollins. ISBN 0 00 649840 X Chapter I, page 5:
    And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her coming and because she was a little angel anyway.
    ibid., page 39:
    The man says his name is Mr. Dimino and that's his wife, Angela, behind the counter. I tell him that's my mother's name. No kiddin', kid. Your mother is Angela? I didn't know the Irish had any Angelas.

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female given name

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Angela

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

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Angela

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

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Angela f.

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

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Angela

  1. A female given name, cognate to Angela.

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