Louisa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈiːzə/

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Proper noun

Louisa

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.
   • 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:

     But certainly there are some names which seem to belong to particular classes of character, to form the mind and even influence the destiny: Louisa, now; - is not your Louisa necessarily a die-away damsel, who reads novels, and holds her head on one side, languishing and given to love!

   • 1854, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:

     On being told that Mrs. Bounderby was there, she replied, at cross-purposes, that she had never called him by that name since he married Louisa; that pending her choice of an objectionable name, she had called him J; and that she could not at present depart from that regulation, not being yet provided with a permanent substitute.

2. A ghost town in California.
3. A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky.
4. A town, the county seat of Louisa County, Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Louisa County

Translations

female given name — see Louise

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈiːza]

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• Hyphenation: Lou‧i‧sa

Proper noun

Louisa f (genitive Louisas or Louisa)

1. a female given name, variant of Luise