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Amelia
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amelia amélia Amelía Amélia Amelią
Translingual
Etymology
From the feminine given name en Amelia, used as a Latinized taxonomic name.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Ericaceae synonym of Pyrola genus (wintergreens)
genus family Tortricidae synonym of Aphelia (Hübner) genus Aphelia (certain tortrix moth s)
genus family Noctuidae synonym of Victrix genus (certain noctuid moths)
See also
ameliae
English
Etymology
A variant of Amalia, derived from en gem compound names beginning with gem-pro *amalą vigor, bravery. For the first element, compare gem-pro *ammōną to bother, irritate.
The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name la Aemilia (whence en Emilia, en Emily) and the French fr Aimée (whence en Amy).
Pronunciation
ə-mēʹlē-ə ə-mēʹlyə, en /əˈmiːli.ə/ /əˈmiːljə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Amelia.wav
en iːliə iːljə 4 3
Proper noun
en female Germanic languages.
1776 Adam Fitz-Adam, The World of Adam Fitz-Adam, Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:
By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.
1982 Carol Fenner, Saving Amelia Earhart,The Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Fiction, 0814316956 page 66:
We must have heard it first on the battery radio, the news about Amelia Earhart, lost over the ocean. Air Heart, I saw it spelled, Amelia ... a name like a soft, bold bird.
David Darlington The Shocking Crash That Led Marin County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes 2025-11-30 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/magazine/e-bikes-accidents-safety-legislation-california.html In September 2023, Amelia Stafford was 15 and beginning her sophomore year at Terra Linda High School in eastern Marin County, Calif. https://archive.ph/s5qPZ 2025-11-30
The alternative name for en Amelia Courthouse, en Amelia County, Virginia, US.
Derived terms
en Amelia County
en Amelia Courthouse
en Amelia Island
en Amelia Bedelia
Translations
female given name
Catalan: ca Amèlia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿米利亞 Āmǐlìyà
Czech: cs Amálie f
Danish: da Amalie
Finnish: fi Amalia
French: fr Amélie f
German: de Amelie f
Greenlandic: kl Amma
Hungarian: hu Amália
Latvian: lv Amālija f
Norman: nrf Mêlie f Mainland, nrf Mélie f Jersey
Norwegian: no Amalie
Polish: pl Amelia f
Portuguese: pt Amélia f
Russian: ru Аме́лия f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Milde f
Slovak: sk Amália f
Spanish: es Amelia f
Swedish: sv Amalia
See also
en Alma
en Amy
en Emily
Anagrams
en aaeilm lamiae
en terms suffixed with -ia
en Places in Virginia, USA
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of fi Amalia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Ameli a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1122 1785 373
Indonesian
Etymology
id en Amelia.
Pronunciation
id /ˈameli(j)a/
Proper noun
id female English Amelia
Amelia Anggraini Amelia Anggraini id, b. 1971
Italian
it:Amelia (Italia)
Etymology
it
Pronunciation
[è]
Proper noun
f
it municipality p/Terni r/Umbria c/Italy
Related terms
it amerino
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Amelia.ogg
Proper noun
f
pl female Amelia
Declension
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Amelia
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Amelia + 1
Pronunciation
Amilia +
Proper noun
amilya
tl female English