Gloria

See also: gloria, glória, Glória, glòria, gloría, Gloría, gloriá, glorią, and Glorią

English

Etymology

From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔːɹ.ɪ.ə/, /ˈɡlɔːɹ.iː.ə/

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Proper noun

Gloria (plural Glorias)

1. A female given name from Latin. Popular during the first half of the 20th century.
   • 1835 October, Jacobus Flax: The Knickerbocker, page 291:

     Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria, the stout able-bodied sister, lifted up their hands and eyes in horror at the mere hint of a wet nurse.

   • 1898, George Bernard Shaw, You Never Can Tell, act II:

     Crampton. […] What's your name? I mean your pet name. They can't very well call you Sophronia.
     Gloria. Sophronia! My name is Gloria. I am always called by it.
     Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it.
     Gloria: Then my mother gave me a new name.

2. (Christianity) The Gloria in excelsis Deo, a hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches.
   • 1872, F. A., chapter V, in Marion Howard; or Trials and Triumphs, Philadelphia: Peter F. Cunningham, […], page 100:

     “What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish Gloria, from Latin glōria.

Proper noun

Gloria

1. a female given name from Latin

Etymology 2

From Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Proper noun

Gloria

1. (Christianity) the Gloria; the Greater Doxology

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Gloria.

Faroese

Proper noun

Gloria

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Gloria

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Gloria: Gloriuson
• daughter of Gloria: Gloriudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Gloria
Accusative	Gloriu
Dative	Gloriu
Genitive	Gloriu

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Hyphenation: Glò‧ria

Proper noun

Gloria f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria

Anagrams

• algori, giralo, graoli, raglio, ragliò, riloga

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Syllabification: Glo‧ria
• Homophone: gloria

Proper noun

Gloria f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria
2. (Christianity) Gloria in excelsis Deo (hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches)

Declension

Declension of Gloria

	singular	plural
nominative	Gloria	Glorie
genitive	Glorii	Glorii/Gloryj (archaic)
dative	Glorii	Gloriom
accusative	Glorię	Glorie
instrumental	Glorią	Gloriami
locative	Glorii	Gloriach
vocative	Glorio	Glorie

Further reading

• Gloria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/ [ˈɡlo.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: Glo‧ria

Proper noun

Gloria f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gloria, from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/, [ˈɡloɾ.jɐ]
• Syllabification: Glor‧ia
• Homophone: glorya

Proper noun

Gloria (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. a female given name from Latin

Related terms

• glorya