Augusta

See also: augustā and augusta

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɡʌstə/

Proper noun

Augusta

1. A female given name from Latin.
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     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.

2. A city, the county seat of Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Richmond County, in east-central Georgia, United States; also see Disgusta.
4. A village in Illinois.
5. A city in Kansas.
6. A city in Kentucky.
7. The capital city of the state of Maine, USA, and the county seat of Kennebec County.
8. A village in Michigan.
9. A city in Missouri.
10. A census-designated place in Montana.
11. A town in New York.
12. A township in Ontario.
13. A town in Western Australia.
14. A city in Wisconsin.
15. A town in Sicily, Italy.
16. (rare) of Italian origin, from the town in Sicily.
17. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname or the place names.

Derived terms

• Augusta County

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Augusta f
• Danish: Augusta
• Finnish: Asta (fi)
• French: Augusta (fr)
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• German: Auguste (de)
• Portuguese: Augusta (pt) f
• Swedish: Augusta (sv)

capital city of Maine

• Portuguese: Augusta (pt) f
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Catalan

Proper noun

Augusta m

1. a female given name

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Danish

Proper noun

Augusta

1. a female given name of Latin origin.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Augusta f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Augusta: Augustuson
• daughter of Augusta: Augustudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Augusta
Accusative	Augustu
Dative	Augustu
Genitive	Augustu

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German

Proper noun

Augusta

1. a female given name of Latin origin.

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Italian

Proper noun

Augusta ?

1. Augsburg
2. a female given name

Derived terms

• augustano

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Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of Augustus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪ä]

Proper noun

Augusta f (genitive Augustae); first declension

1. An honorific title given to the wives of Roman Emperors
2. (geography) The name of several towns, such as Augusta Praetōria (modern day Aosta), Augusta Taurīnōrum (modern day Turin) or Augusta Vindelicōrum (modern day Augsburg)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Augusta	Augustae
Genitive	Augustae	Augustārum
Dative	Augustae	Augustīs
Accusative	Augustam	Augustās
Ablative	Augustā	Augustīs
Vocative	Augusta	Augustae

References

• “Augusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Augusta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Augusta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Augusta
2. Augusta (a city, the state capital of Maine, United States)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Augusta c (genitive Augustas)

1. a female given name of Latin origin.