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aurelia

aurelia noun: the chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.

aurelia: the chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly
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Noun

aurelia (plural aurelias)

  1. (archaic) The chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.

Proper noun capitalized: Aurelia

Aurelia (plural Aurelias)

  1. A female given name from Latin.

aurelia meaning in Tamil

aurelia in Tamil

இழுதுமீன் வகையில் ஓர் இனம், புழுக்கூடு

Forms of aurelia

Noun
pluralaurelias
Proper noun
pluralAurelias

Origin of aurelia

From Italian aurelia (“chrysalis”), from Latin aureus (“golden”).

Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus (“golden”).

Words formed from aurelia

Questions about aurelia

What does aurelia mean?
Aurelia means the chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.
What is aurelia in Tamil?
Aurelia in Tamil is இழுதுமீன் வகையில் ஓர் இனம், புழுக்கூடு. See Aurelia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aurelia?
Aurelia can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of aurelia?
The plural of aurelia is aurelias.

Words near aurelia in the dictionary

  1. aureations
  2. Auregnais
  3. aurei
  4. aureii
  5. aureity
  6. aurelia
  7. aurelian
  8. aurelians
  9. aurelias
  10. aurelione
  11. Aurelius

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aurelia (page history and authors); Aurelia (page history and authors); Aurelia (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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