Amelia

nom proprecourant dans les dialogues

//əˈmiːli.ə//
//əˈmiːljə//

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

nom propre

1
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
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.
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.
In September 2023, Amelia Stafford was 15 and beginning her sophomore year at Terra Linda High School in eastern Marin County, Calif.
2
The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, US.

Étymologie

A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amal (“vigor, bravery”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”). The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy).

ambush · The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or…ambushed · Having been the target of an ambush.amelia · The congenital absence of one or more limbs.

Amelia · A female given name from the Germanic languages.

amen · At the end of a religious prayer: so be it.Amen · Jesus, Son of God, as the authority.amendment · An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault…

Les pages voisines — L'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.