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Augusta

//əˈɡʌstə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

    "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. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Woodruff County, Arkansas.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Richmond County, in east-central Georgia; also see Disgusta.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Illinois.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Butler County, Kansas.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Kentucky.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; The capital city of Maine, United States and the county seat of Kennebec County.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Michigan.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Carver County, Minnesota.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Missouri.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Montana.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Sussex County, New Jersey.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in New York.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Wisconsin.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Augusta Township.
  12. 17
    A township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, eastern Ontario, Canada.
  13. 18
    A town in Sicily, Italy.
  14. 19
    A town in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River, Western Australia.
  15. 20
    A habitational surname from Italian, from the town in Sicily. rare
  16. 21
    A male given name transferred from the surname or place name. rare

Etymology

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

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