Antonia

See also: Antónia, Antònia, Antônia, and Antonią

English

Etymology

From Latin Antonia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Antonius. The feminine equivalent of Anthony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈtəʊni.ə/, /ænˈtəʊnjə/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Antonia

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 2001, Gennifer Choldenko, Notes from a Liar and her Dog, Scholastic, published 2002, →ISBN, page 212:

     Mom, I ask, will you call me Ant.
     "Oh, Antonia," my mother sighs. Her face looks pained. She is quiet for a few moments and then she says, "Antonia is such a lovely name. When I named you, you were the sweetest, most perfect little baby. - - - "

Related terms

• Antoinette
• pet forms: Toni, Tonia, Tonya

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Antònia
• Czech: Antonie (cs)
• Danish: Antonie
• Galician: Antía (gl) f
• German: Antonia (de)
• Hungarian: Antónia (hu)
• Italian: Antonia (it) f
• Latvian: Antonija f
• Norwegian: Antonie (no)
• Polish: Antonia (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Antônia (pt) f

  European: Antónia (pt) f

• Slovak: Antónia f
• Spanish: Antonia (es) f
• Swedish: Antonia (sv)

Anagrams

• anation

Faroese

Proper noun

Antonia f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Antonia: Antoniuson
• daughter of Antonia: Antoniudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Antonia
Accusative	Antoniu
Dative	Antoniu
Genitive	Antoniu

Finnish

Proper noun

Antonia

1. partitive singular of Anton

Anagrams

• onaniat

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Antonia

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Anton

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈtɔ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔnja
• Hyphenation: An‧tò‧nia

Proper noun

Antonia f

1. a female given name, feminine form of Antonio

Related terms

• Antonietta

Anagrams

• annotai

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Antonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈtɔ.ɲa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɲa
• Syllabification: An‧to‧nia

Proper noun

Antonia f (diminutive Tosia, masculine Antoni)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Antonia

Declension

Declension of Antonia

	singular	plural
nominative	Antonia	Antonie
genitive	Antonii	Antonii/Antonij (archaic)
dative	Antonii	Antoniom
accusative	Antonię	Antonie
instrumental	Antonią	Antoniami
locative	Antonii	Antoniach
vocative	Antonio	Antonie

Further reading

• Antonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Antonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈtonja/ [ãn̪ˈt̪o.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: An‧to‧nia

Proper noun

Antonia f

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Antonio

Related terms

• Antonieta

 

Swedish

Proper noun

Antonia c (genitive Antonias)

1. a female given name, feminine form of Anton