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Isabella

//ɪzəˈbɛlə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A female given name from Hebrew.
"[C]an you ſo ſteed me, / As bring me to the ſight of Iſabella, / A Nouice of this place, and the faire Siſter / To her vnhappie brother Claudio?"

Noun

1
A grape cultivar popular in the former USSR derived from the grape species Vitis labrusca. countable
2
A pale grey-yellow, fawn, cream-brown or parchment colour. uncountable
"If it be exposed to heat as soon as it is moderately warm, its dark olive colour changes almost suddenly to an Isabella colour, it becomes cloudy, and an abundant precipitate falls[…]"
3
Obsolete form of isabella. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
"If it be exposed to heat as soon as it is moderately warm, its dark olive colour changes almost suddenly to an Isabella colour, it becomes cloudy, and an abundant precipitate falls[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Latinate and Italian form of Isabel. The grape cultivar is popularly thought to have been discovered by a Mrs Isabella Gibbs of South Carolina in 1816.

Etymology 2

Latinate and Italian form of Isabel. The grape cultivar is popularly thought to have been discovered by a Mrs Isabella Gibbs of South Carolina in 1816.

Etymology 3

Unknown. Anecdotally linked to Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504) or Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633). See discussion at Isabelline (colour).

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