Julia
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈd͡ʒu.ljə//
- //ˈd͡ʒuːli.ə//
A female given name from Latin.
proper noun
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A female given name from Latin.
Salute Philologus & Iulia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the Saints which are with them.
"Julia!" when alone he would exclaim; "what a sweet sounding and romantic name: Julia! what music and magic in its sound! 'tis a name worthy only the fairest and purest of creation!
“Why, I mean,” I replied, recoiling, “I mean—in short—that—in other words—I didn't know your name was Julia.”
"Why did you name her Julia?" Amy asked, letting the orange ice cream melt down the backs of her hands. "Because it sounds dignified."
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89 Julia, a main belt asteroid; named for Saint Julia of Corsica.
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A village in central Poland.
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A French surname.
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A programming language suited for numerical analysis and scientific computing.
And then came Julia, a general purpose programming language designed according to the requirements of scientific and technical computing, providing performance comparable to C/C++, and with an environment productive enough for prototyping like the high-level dynamic language of Python.
Etymology
From Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. Doublet of Julie.
Forms
- plural
- Julias