Augusta

See also: augusta, augustā, and Augustą

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡʌstə/

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Proper noun

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 in Illinois.
   4. A city in Butler County, Kansas.
   5. A city in Kentucky.
   6. The capital city of Maine, United States and the county seat of Kennebec County.
   7. A village in Michigan.
   8. An unincorporated community in Carver County, Minnesota.
   9. A city in Missouri.
   10. A census-designated place in Montana.
   11. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, New Jersey.
   12. A town in New York.
   13. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
   14. A city in Wisconsin.
   15. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Augusta Township.
3. A township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, eastern Ontario, Canada.
4. A town in Sicily, Italy.
5. A town in 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.

Derived terms

• Augusta County
• Augusta Springs
• New Augusta
• Port Augusta

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧古丝塔 (Àogǔsītǎ)

• Czech: Augusta (cs) f
• Danish: Augusta
• Finnish: Asta (fi)
• French: Augusta (fr)
• German: Auguste (de)
• Marathi: ऑगस्टा f (ŏgasṭā)
• Polish: Augusta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Augusta (pt) f
• Swedish: Augusta (sv)

capital city of Maine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧古斯塔／奥古斯塔 (zh) (Àogǔsītǎ)

• Latin: Augusta (la) f
• Marathi: ऑगस्टा f (ŏgasṭā)
• Portuguese: Augusta (pt) f

Catalan

Proper noun

Augusta m

1. a female given name

Danish

Proper noun

Augusta

1. a female given name of Latin origin

Faroese

Proper noun

Augusta f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Augusta: Augustuson
• daughter of Augusta: Augustudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Augusta
Accusative	Augustu
Dative	Augustu
Genitive	Augustu

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Augusta

1. a female given name from Latin

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Augusta f

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

Derived terms

• augustano

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of Augustus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪ä]

Proper noun

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)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Augusta	Augustae
genitive	Augustae	Augustārum
dative	Augustae	Augustīs
accusative	Augustam	Augustās
ablative	Augustā	Augustīs
vocative	Augusta	Augustae

Descendants

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

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈɡus.ta/

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

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Augusta.

Proper noun

Augusta f (male equivalent August)

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

Declension

Declension of Augusta

	singular	plural
nominative	Augusta	Augusty
genitive	Augusty	August
dative	Auguście	Augustom
accusative	Augustę	Augusty
instrumental	Augustą	Augustami
locative	Auguście	Augustach
vocative	Augusto	Augusty

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Augusta m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of August

Further reading

• Augusta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɡus.tɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɡus.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɡus.tɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɡus.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈɡuʃ.tɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɡuʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɡus.ta/ [aʊ̯ˈɡus.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈɡuʃ.tɐ/ [awˈɣuʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧ta

Proper noun

Augusta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Augusta
2. Augusta (a city, the state capital of Maine, United States)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈauɡusta]

Proper noun

Augusta m pers (female equivalent Augustová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Augusta (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Augusta	Augustovia	Augustovci
genitive	Augustu	Augustov	Augustovcov
dative	Augustovi	Augustom	Augustovcom
accusative	Augustu	Augustov	Augustovcov
locative	Augustovi	Augustoch	Augustovcoch
instrumental	Augustom	Augustami	Augustovcami

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Augusta c (genitive Augustas)

1. a female given name of Latin origin