Emilia

See also: Emília, Emilía, and Emilią

English

Proper noun

Emilia

  1. A female given name from Latin, a rare latinized variant of Emily.
    • 1999, Kali Israel, Names and Stories: Emilia Dilke and Victorian Culture, OUP, published 2002, →ISBN:
      "Emily" was preserved and erased, reduced to the sexless cypher "E.", and then came to denote not the shared and ordinary name "Emily" but a new, exotic, self-begotten "Emilia". No longer masculine Francis but feminine-with-a-difference Emilia, vaguely Latin or Italian or French but in any case foreign, not domestic; []
  2. (historical) A region of Italy, approximately coterminous with modern Emilia-Romagna.

Derived terms

Translations


Faroese

Proper noun

Emilia f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Emilia: Emiliuson
  • daughter of Emilia: Emiliudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Emilia
Accusative Emilu
Dative Emiliu
Genitive Emiliu

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aemilia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈemiliɑ/, [ˈe̞miˌliɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): E‧mi‧li‧a

Proper noun

Emilia

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily
    • 1971, Aila Meriluoto, Peter-Peter, WSOY, published 1997, →ISBN, pages 151-152:
      Miksi en aikoinaan huomannut antaa omilleni tuollaisia viivallisia, vai olenko näin viehättynyt niihin vain Sinun kauttasi. Eikö Sinulla ole kaksoisnimeä? Onko Sinulla ylipäänsä toista nimeä? Minun toinen nimeni on Emilia (Miili-tädin mukaan), ilman ajatusviivaa.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 2017, Anni Kytömäki, Kivitasku, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 140:
      Emilia vaikenee, riisuu lapasen ja nyppii toisesta neulasia. Hän näyttää pehmeämmältä ja nuoremmalta kuin kaupan loisteputkivalossa, kevät on päivettänyt ihon, vaalea tukka on kihartunut lumesta huokuvassa kosteudessa. Nimikin on pieni ja sievä.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Usage notes

  • Popular in Finland at the turn of the 21st century.

Declension

Inflection of Emilia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Emilia Emiliat
genitive Emilian Emilioiden
Emilioitten
partitive Emiliaa Emilioita
illative Emiliaan Emilioihin
singular plural
nominative Emilia Emiliat
accusative nom. Emilia Emiliat
gen. Emilian
genitive Emilian Emilioiden
Emilioitten
Emiliainrare
partitive Emiliaa Emilioita
inessive Emiliassa Emilioissa
elative Emiliasta Emilioista
illative Emiliaan Emilioihin
adessive Emilialla Emilioilla
ablative Emilialta Emilioilta
allative Emilialle Emilioille
essive Emiliana Emilioina
translative Emiliaksi Emilioiksi
instructive Emilioin
abessive Emiliatta Emilioitta
comitative Emilioineen
Possessive forms of Emilia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Emiliani Emiliamme
2nd person Emiliasi Emilianne
3rd person Emiliansa

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Emilia

  1. a female given name from Latin, variant of Emilie

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Aemilia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈmi.lja/
  • Rhymes: -ilja
  • Hyphenation: E‧mì‧lia

Proper noun

Emilia f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily
  2. A historical region in northern Italy, part of Emilia-Romagna

Derived terms

Anagrams


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aemilia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈmi.lja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ilja
  • Syllabification: E‧mi‧lia

Proper noun

Emilia f (masculine Emil)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Emilia f (genitive/dative Emilei, male equivalent Emil)

  1. a female given name

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈmilja/ [eˈmi.lja]
  • Rhymes: -ilja
  • Syllabification: E‧mi‧lia

Proper noun

Emilia f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily

Swedish

Proper noun

Emilia c (genitive Emilias)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Emily
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