Camilla

//kəˈmɪlə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A female given name from Latin. countable, uncountable

    "Fancy southern names which she couldn't remember five minutes after they'd told her. Camilla? Amelia? Jemima? It didn't matter. Ashworth would have made a note of them."

  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"The future British king is self-isolating at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, with his wife, Camilla."

Etymology

From Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

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county seatmitchell county

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