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*Latin 'Augusta': highness, majestic, venerable. Feminine version of 'Augustus'.
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* '''augusta:''' (''Latin'') highness, majestic, venerable. Feminine version of 'Augustus'.
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*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.
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* '''Augusta:''' the name of the Roman Livia, wife of Augustus Caesar. Livia → ALP
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[[Category:Roman history]]

Latest revision as of 17:43, 18 February 2013

  • 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