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Amelia

//əˈmiːli.ə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, US.
Noun
  1. 1
    The congenital absence of one or more limbs. uncountable, usually

    "As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities."

  2. 2
    congenital absence of an arm or leg wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amal, "vigor, bravery". The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy).

Etymology 2

From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.

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