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Frederica
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English
Alternative forms
en Fredericka
Etymology
From en Frederick a.Usage Portuguese, English Feminine form of pt Frederico or Frederick.103 2 Latinate feminine form of ▹Frederick. Compare da Frederikke, fr Frédérique, de Friederike, and it Federica.
Pronunciation
en /ˌfɹɛdəˈɹiː.kə/ RP
en iːkə 4
Proper noun
en female Germanic languages Frederick quite rare.
en 2007 Elinor Lipman My Latest Grievance 0618872353 16 And there was the basic yet awful matter of my name, Frederica Hatch, due to the unfortunate coincidence of a maternal grandmother named Frieda, who died six weeks before I was born, and a favorite paternal great-uncle Frederic, who'd been a Freedom Rider at eighty. - - - When I asked if an accidental boy would have been Frederic, they said no. It was Frederica they loved.
en town s/Delaware.
Related terms
en Freda
en Frieda
Translations
female given name
Danish: da Frederikke
Finnish: fi Riikka
French: fr Frédérique
German: de Friederike
Greek: el Φρειδερίκη f
Hungarian: hu Friderika
Italian: it Federica
Occitan: oc Frederica
Polish: pl Fryderyka
Spanish: es Federica
Swedish: sv Fredrika
References
Occitan
Proper noun
f oc Limousin
oc female Frederic Frederica
Further reading
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