Augusta

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡʌstə/

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Augusta

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:

     August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Woodruff County, Arkansas.
   2. A city, the county seat of Richmond County, in east-central Georgia; also see Disgusta.
   3. A village and township in Hancock County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Lockhart Township, Pike County, Indiana.
   5. A neighbourhood of Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana.
   6. A city and township in Butler County, Kansas.
   7. A city in Bracken County, Kentucky.
   9. The capital city of Maine, and the county seat of Kennebec County.
   10. A village mostly in Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
   11. A township (called a Charter Township) in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
   12. An unincorporated community in Laketown Township and Dahlgren Township, Carver County, Minnesota.
   13. A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
   14. A minor city in St. Charles County, Missouri.
   15. A census-designated place in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.
   16. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, New Jersey.
   17. A town in Oneida County, New York.
   18. A township in Carroll County, Ohio.
   19. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
   20. A city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
3. A township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, eastern Ontario, Canada.
4. A town in Sicily, Italy.
5. A town in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River, Western Australia.
6. (rare) A habitational surname from Italian, from the town in Sicily.
7. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.

Augusta m

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯ɡusta]

Augusta m anim (female equivalent Augustová)

1. a male surname

• “Augusta”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Augusta

1. a female given name of Latin origin

Augusta f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• Augusta's son: Augustuson
• Augusta's daughter: Augustudóttir

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Augusta

1. a female given name from Latin

• IPA^(key): /awˈɡus.ta/
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: Au‧gù‧sta

Augusta f

1. Augsburg (a city in Bavaria, Germany)
2. a female given name

• augustano

Feminine form of Augustus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈɡʊs.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈɡus.ta]

Augusta f (genitive Augustae); first declension

1. an honorific title given to the wives of Roman Emperors
2. The name of several ancient towns, such as Augusta Praetōria (modern day Aosta), Augusta Taurīnōrum (modern day Turin) or Augusta Vindelicōrum (modern day Augsburg)

First-declension noun.

• Franco-Provençal: Aoûta
• Italian: Aosta, Augusta
• Sicilian: Agusta

• “Augusta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Augusta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /awˈɡus.ta/

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• Rhymes: -usta
• Syllabification: Au‧gus‧ta

Learned borrowing from Latin Augusta.

Augusta f (male equivalent August)

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Augusta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Augusta m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of August

• “Augusta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

• Rhymes: -ustɐ
• Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧ta
• Homophone: augusta

Learned borrowing from Latin Augusta.

Augusta f (plural Augustas, masculine Augusto, masculine plural Augustos)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Augusta

Borrowed from English Augusta.

Augusta f

1. Augusta (the capital city of Maine, and the county seat of Kennebec County)

• IPA^(key): /auɡusta/, [ˈauɡusta]
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: A‧u‧gus‧ta

Augusta m pers (female equivalent Augustová)

1. a male surname

• “Augusta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

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Augusta c (genitive Augustas)

1. a female given name of Latin origin