Augusta

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  • augusta: (Latin) highness, majestic, venerable. Feminine version of 'Augustus'.
  • James Joyce's middle name was Augusta due to a clerical error. His parents intended to name him Augustine. In Ulysses, the same happens to Bloom – he is given the middle name Paula instead of Paul.
  • Augusta: the name of the Roman Livia, wife of Augustus Caesar. Livia → ALP