Angelina
/ˌænd͡ʒəˈliːnə/
Angelina proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela. Also the ellipsis of Angelina County.
Proper noun
Angelina (countable and uncountable, plural Angelinas)
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela.
- What happened to Angelina Resendiz is a mystery, but her mother wants to get to the bottom of it.2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN
Noun
Angelina (plural Angelinas)
- A young, inexperienced hobo (of either gender).
- He had a plug of tobacco fixed firmly in his left cheek and talked around it in fluent hobo slang. "You Angelinas lookin' to catch a blind?" he said as Violet and Myrtle stood on the platform in Penn Station[…]2009, Karen Schwabach, The Hope Chest, page 50
- You'll like yourself better for it in the end, and when the next optimistic “Angelina” saunters in fresh from the rails looking for some work, he may benefit from your good conduct.2011, Josh Mack, The Hobo Handbook
- A female denizen of Los Angeles. Alternative form of Angelena (“a female resident of Los Angeles”); feminine of Angelino (“a male resident of Los Angeles”); Synonym of Angelino/Angeleno (“a resident of Los Angeles of either gender”);
Also used as
Angelina is also the ellipsis of Angelina County.
Angelina is also the ellipsis of Asteroid Angelina.
Forms of Angelina
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Angelinas |
| Noun | |
| plural | Angelinas |
Origin of Angelina
From Italian Angelina. By surface analysis, Angela + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Angeline.
Words formed from Angelina
Words that rhyme with Angelina
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- semolina
- subpoena
- cantina
- falanghina
- galena
- latina
- piscina
- Thumbelina
- Tryphena
- Afro-Latina
- Antiochena
- Apamena
- Argentina
- Atropatena
- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
- Damascena
- Dina
- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
- Palmyrena
- Rina
- Sheena
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
- Vojvodina
- Xena
Questions about Angelina
- What does Angelina mean?
- Angelina means a female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela.
- What part of speech is Angelina?
- Angelina can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Angelina?
- Angelina is pronounced /ˌænd͡ʒəˈliːnə/.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Angelina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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